The Space Shuttle was launched into orbit piggybacking a large rocket-booster launch vehicle and would perform its duties in ...

On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle ...

Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King were among six women who traveled aboard Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin’s all-female, suborbital space tourism mission, which lifted off Monday.

A former NASA scientist explains how we know whether Blue Origin New Shepard made it to space, and how its altitude compares ...

Orbiter Starting with STS-49 (May 1992), orbiters used a drag chute on landing ... examine the shuttle’s belly for signs of foam impact damage. Michael Klesius is an Air & Space associate ...

Now, have you ever wondered why the NASA astronauts opted for splashdown instead of landing on solid ground ... manned spacecraft prior to the Space Shuttle program. This process is also possible ...

The work of building the Mercury spacecraft, like all military aircraft ... eventual development of the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that could glide to a landing rather than be recovered ...