Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile. Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian ...

This will be the only place in the world to see an authentic space shuttle system exhibited as if ‘ready-for-launch’ in a towering vertical display.” ...

It's been 14 years since the Space Shuttle Endeavour flew its final mission. With construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center nearing completion, the shuttle now has a permanent home in Los ...

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.

When Artemis II blasts off for its lunar flyby, its powerful SLS rocket will include some "heritage hardware." The core engines are mostly recycled space shuttle engines, along with some reused ...

Construction on the California Science Center's new Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, home to the Endeavour shuttle, is ...

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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 ...

It was 40 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the space shuttle Challenger blasted off on its 10th mission to space. Sadly, the vehicle never made it there. Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff ...

When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering choice. From military spaceplanes to commercial capsules, uncrewed returns ...

Given the recent advent of reusable launch vehicles, breakthrough developments in propulsion and additive manufacturing, rapid advances in artificial intelligence and continuing innovation by industry ...