The catastrophic loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, stands as a haunting reminder of the immense risks and complexities involved in humanity's exploration of space. This event ...

The decades-long quest to build a reusable space shuttle tested America's post-War technological and innovative spirit. Getty Images When the Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy ...

The Space Shuttle Endeavour’s journey is traced from ... Masters: And I've read about this phenomenon called the overview effect. Olivas: Oh, yeah. Masters: Did you experience that?

Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

When the spaceplane’s landing gear struck the runway on July 21, 2011, it marked the end of the line for the Space Shuttle. An incredible accomplishment in its own right, the shuttle project was ...

flown shuttle — Discovery — to Houston, arguing that the city deserves one due to its historic role in NASA's space missions. Legislation Overview Introduced by Senators John Cornyn and Ted ...

Get ready for the last big transport of space shuttle equipment to the California Science Center, a two-day spectacle that will traverse seven freeways from the Mojave Desert to South Los Angeles ...

Explorers trudged the Atlantic Ocean searching for World War II artifacts lost at sea, but they stumbled on something else — a 20-foot-long piece of debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger ...

Barring weather delays, the space shuttle Endeavour will undergo its final, historic lift starting Monday night, a maneuver no other retired orbiter has undergone. Plans for the coming move ...