"We landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, a few miles away from where I picked strawberries as a kid," Hernandez ...

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 ...

Exploration has never been a safe occupation. For every significant discovery, there has been sacrifice by those seeking out ...

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 ...

The veteran Nasa astronauts completed 17-hour trip from the International Space Station (ISS) with a splashdown off Florida’s coast at around 5.57pm ET (9.57pm UK). The duo returned home on a SpaceX ...

At a Naval Base San Diego press conference, shuttle astronaut Stanley Love — born at Sharp Grossmont Hospital — joined three other astronauts who took part in 3- to 5-foot choppy-water recovery tests.

In 1975, Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its inaugural mission . In 1991, Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., and six others were killed in ...

Orlando’s John Young is the only astronaut with a similar resume, having flown the first space shuttle flight on top of two Gemini ... SpaceX has eight potential landing sites on either coast ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday ...