A collection of more than 50 pieces of memorabilia previously owned by Sally Ride, the first American woman to reach space, ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...

At a time when money is too tight for NASA’s science exploration endeavors, Texas senators are willing to pour millions into ...

Moving Discovery was the goal of legislation brought earlier this year by Texas Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, ...

NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission. The astronauts spent 6 days in space ...

A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with ...

Jan. 28, 1986, was the day NASA’s carefully cultivated image literally blew up at 46,000 feet.

BBC World Service and BBC Sounds have announced their multi-award winning podcast 13 Minutes To The Moon is to return with a ...

There are about three Space Shuttle orbiters currently in operation - Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, which are all ...

A rare collection of items from the estate of Dr. Sally Ride —the first American woman in space—is now up for auction at Nate ...