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

NASA’s Space Shuttle may be gone, but Dream Chaser is bringing the concept back - smaller, sleeker, and smarter. Designed for reusability, runway landings, and both cargo and crew transport ...

The US White House said Donald Trump looks forward to welcoming Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to the Oval Office once they are medically fit. Sunita Williams returns updates: Hours after ...

they ended up spending nine months in space," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Wednesday at the White House. "Joe Biden's lack of courage to act boldly and decisively was a big ...

NASA hired SpaceX and Boeing after the shuttle program ended, in order to have two competing U.S. companies for transporting astronauts to and from the space station until it's abandoned in 2030 ...

Astronauts Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, and Butch Wilmore, pilot, work on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities on Nov. 17, 2009. Being in space ...

Why Did Sunita Williams Go To Space? Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore embarked on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station on June 5 as part of NASA's initiative to test ...

It’s unclear why such a deal would have been discussed with the White House, which does not typically have direct involvement in NASA crew assignments or space station staffing matters.

Finally, on Monday, March 17, the two astronauts climbed into sleek, white spacesuits designed by SpaceX and ... the suits recall the bulky look of the “pumpkin” pressure suits worn by space shuttle ...

Instead, they spent around 9 months in orbit on the International Space Station. But after over 286 days, their extended stay in space is finally coming to a close, as the two astronauts make ...

United States astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore went to space on board the Boeing Starliner Calypso on June 5, 2024. They were meant to spend eight days on the ...

NASA/X After a headline-making nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore ... The video showed the capsule with four white and orange parachutes deployed gently landing and resting ...