The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft later this week. Read about his extraordinary ride home on ...

If Congress decides to grant Houston a space shuttle, Space Center CEO William Harris says the city is far more ready than it ...

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle ...

“It's long overdue for a retired NASA space shuttle to rest at Houston's Johnson Space Center so Texans can see, learn from and enjoy it for generations,” said Gov. Greg Abbott in a ...

The bill, which the lawmakers are calling the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act," would authorize the transfer of the shuttle to its "rightful home near NASA's Johnson Space Center." "I am proud ...

The bill, which the lawmakers are calling the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act," would authorize the transfer of the shuttle to its "rightful home near NASA's Johnson Space Center." "I am proud ...

In 2010, NASA retired four space shuttles ... According to a joint news release from the senators, the ‘Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act" would move the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia ...

The Space Shuttle launched like a rocket and landed like a glider - symbolizing American innovation at its peak. For 30 years, it defined space travel with 135 missions across five orbiters. But with ...