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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Shawn Mendes and astronauts got in on the Earth Day fun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This Earth Day (April 22), NASA ...

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 ...

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