Learn about NASA's Space Shuttle, a revolutionary reusable spacecraft. Know about its key findings, its role in building the ...

A growing movement is fighting to keep Space Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian, warning that a proposed move to Houston ...

A satellite dish that extends from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery mysteriously failed Thursday morning, leaving the seven-member crew without a radar used for navigation and without any ...

So, what happens when an astronaut dies of natural causes during an extravehicular activity, for example? It's something NASA ...

NASA officials have confirmed a bizarre observation by amateur satellite trackers following the flight of the international space station and the space shuttle Discovery. Far from causing the 200 ...

In 1975, a meet-up between American and Soviet spacefarers in orbit showed that the superpowers could work together. Its ...

The International Space Station’s Expedition 13 crew members must wait at least one more day for the arrival of their new ship mate. Uncooperative weather forced Space Shuttle Program managers ...

HOUSTON — NASA's last space shuttle ever to visit the International Space Station cast off from the orbiting lab early Tuesday (July 19) to begin one final trip back to Earth.

For the International Space Station, Leroy Chiao was, in a sense, there before the beginning.. In October 2000, he was one of seven astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery, which brought pieces ...

When a shuttle needs to dock with the space station, it's not as simple as parking a car. The shuttle's pilot will position the shuttle roughly 360 feet below the station, using the shuttles ...

Three rich businessmen returned from the International Space Station with their astronaut escort Monday, ... Israel's first astronaut who died aboard space shuttle Columbia in 2003.