Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...

In the aftermath of the Challenger disaster, NASA quietly explored Shuttle C, an uncrewed heavy lift vehicle built from Space Shuttle hardware to carry massive cargo into orbit. On paper it promised ...

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...

Nasa’s avoidable tragedy exemplified 1980s overconfidence and haunted a generation, but the allure of space exploration endured ...

It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit during a late ...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams has retired after 27 years of service and a career defined by endurance, leadership, and firsts in space. She spent 608 days in orbit, completed nine spacewalks, and twice ...

Space shuttle Atlantis is circling Earth in pursuit of the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of six will hook up with the space station Wednesday. In the meantime, the astronauts will ...

(TNS) — It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit ...