The American space shuttle is commonly regarded as the most sophisticated man-made machine ever built. The Buran was similarly complicated, if not as high-quality.

Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space ...

Despite the Johnson Space Center's central role in America's space program, no shuttle was sent to Space City. That decision ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman to go into space. She made two shuttle flights and later became a champion for science education and a role model for generations.

U.S. Senate passes a budget bill with provision from Sen. Cornyn to consider moving Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston.

In what may have been the first instance of online espionage, the Soviets built their own space shuttle based on thousands of documents acquired from U.S. sources. First of two parts, by NBC News ...

Since the first launch in 1981, the space shuttle program has been a symbol of American 20th-century leadership. Soon, it will become a bygone era. Like millions of Americans, I grew up in the age ...

Texas senators want a shuttle in Houston — but the Smithsonian says taxpayers should be ready to foot a hefty bill.

NASA's space shuttle program officially began in 1972, ... "There was a series of studies after the war that followed up on Sanger's idea," Launius told SPACE.com. American space planes.

The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, remains one of the worst accidents of the American space program. NYTimes.com no longer supports Internet Explorer 9 or earlier ...