The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle, featuring innovations like automated flight and superior ...

the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 1990. Since it orbits above the Earth, it can capture better cosmic images ...

all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has proven to have ...

Hubble maintenance and legacy Throughout her career, de Groh was fortunate enough to have worked in different capacities on all five of the Space Shuttle Hubble Space Telescope service missions.

Then, due to the loss of Challenger in January 1986 and the ensuing pause of the space shuttle program, Hubble would wait yet another five years before reaching orbit. Hubble was built with a ...

The telescope journeyed into space attached to the space shuttle Discovery. Nicknamed “the People’s Telescope,” Hubble has made over 1.6 million observations of celestial objects since it ...

Space is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

April 22, 2025 • Experts are divided whether a new missile defense system for the U.S., inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, would be worth the cost.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to children during a visit to St Michael’s Junior School in Bath (Ben Birchall/PA) “They mean parents will no longer be hamstrung by rigid school hours and have ...

In a statement issued today (24 April), BV said that the first two vessels in this series, Buran and Ostro, were delivered in February and April 2025 respectively, following their construction at ...