Andrew 'Andy' Freed is most well-known for being a Purdue professor, teaching notable classes taken by a large majority of ...

But just 73 seconds after blast-off, the shuttle burst into flames, leaving a cloud of smoke in the sky before it plummeted ...

The Space Shuttle was one of the most complex and ambitious spacecraft ever designed, pioneering reusable spaceflight and enabling decades of missions. With massive solid rocket boosters, advanced ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

Together the core stage’s four RS-25 engines, converted from the Space Shuttle Program, and the two boosters provide 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. While SpaceX’s in-development ...

The shuttle is currently located at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia ...