This marked the only shuttle landing at White Sands. First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger on June 18, 1983, marked a pivotal milestone: Sally Ride became the ...

It’s Black History Month! Gayle Anderson reports from the California Science Center about the development of the new Samuel ...

Today marks 39th anniversary of Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, which took lives of seven crew members, including Ronald ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

In one of the tragic accidents of American space exploration, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after its ...

The Russians have been just as imaginative as their American counterparts in designing spacecraft, yet less determined in realizing them.

Astronaut Memorial Ceremony took place Sunday to honor the 17 NASA crew members lost in the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia ...

On this day in 1995, Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. made history, stepping into the vastness of space and becoming the first African ...

While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.

The Defense, Space, & Security indicated it will eliminate hundreds of positions as it realigns the Space Launch System “moon ...

Florida (at top) and Texas dollar coins in the U.S. Mint's American Innovation series celebrating the space shuttle and Mission Control, respectively, to be released in 2025. | Credit: United ...