Pad 39A is well known for crewed launches, yet that chapter is over for the foreseeable future as SpaceX prepares for ...

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

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

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida, may not be relocated to Houston for display.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

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

Texas’s two senators are on a crusade to bring one of NASA’s retired space shuttles to Houston, logistical difficulties be damned. A small provision tucked inside the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

The United States once poured money and political capital into a spaceplane concept that promised to take off from a runway, reach orbit in a single leap, and slash the cost of spaceflight. Instead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The space shuttle Discovery arrives for its final destination at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center in 2012. The aircraft used to ...

Their eyes were watching. Some knew something was wrong. Others were slow to realize. Soon everyone came to grief. Forty ...

Tour the intricate inside of the Space Shuttle in 3D! This video features a detailed exploration of the Space Shuttle's design and functionality, with insights from NASA Astronaut Mike Mullane and ...