TRACERS will launch for a low-Earth orbit of 367 miles (590 kilometers) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket alongside three ...

The image is based on a picture taken by NASA during the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on 16 May 2011 and shows the shuttle emerging from below the clouds.

Nearly two-and-a-half years after the space shuttle Columbia exploded over Texas while reentering Earth, a second fatal accident that killed all seven crew members, Discovery (STS-114) launched on ...

The first Space Shuttle was originally going to be named Constitution. US President Gerald Ford agreed to rename it ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare atmospheric phenomenon over the US and Mexico known as a "sprite" that's ...

The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadership about the consequences of major budget cuts ...

The historic space shuttle Discovery, one of NASA’s most famous orbiters, may soon be moving again—though not into space. Discovery, which has remained on display at a Virginia museum for over a ...

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The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew are home after a 12-day journey of more than 4.9 million miles in space. The mission, STS-115, succeeded in restarting assembly of the International Space ...