Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and other pioneering cosmonauts came almost as close, as did NASA shuttle astronauts ... without traditional aerospace backgrounds can “hop in a capsule ...

The Hubble Space Telescope "opened a new window to the universe" when it launched into space. Now, 35 years later, NASA is ...

On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle ...

Since 2012, the space shuttle Discovery has been the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax ...

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." ...

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. Loren J. Shriver ...

Revving up to extreme speed, the Maserati MC20 screamed just shy of the 200-mph barrier while zooming down the center of NASA's old space shuttle landing strip — with nobody in the driver's seat.

Eileen wasn’t from a privileged background and had issues from that to deal with. She became a pilot and then the first woman to pilot and command a space shuttle through sheer willpower.

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home to the Houston area from Virginia. The bill ...

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