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

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

And no tragedy is more indelible than the space shuttle Challenger disaster ... today has learned the lessons from Challenger and that “we’ll launch when we’re ready” is an inviolable ...

In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a NASA and ESA project, was launched on April 24, 1990, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The ...

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Spacewalking astronauts repaired and upgraded the famed Hubble Telescope during five missions from 1993 to 2009. Here's a ...

In a blog post yesterday, Amazon announced that 27 satellites will launch into low orbit next week from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., as a part of Project Kuiper. The launch will ...

A blockchain entrepreneur, a cinematographer, a polar adventurer and a robotics researcher plan to fly around Earth’s poles ...

OREGON, Ohio — The Challenger Learning Center ... to hear six women were headed into space for a historic event during Monday's Blue Origin rocket launch. It's the first time an all-women ...