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A preliminary report from a blue-ribbon space policy panel on Sept. 8, 2009, nudged forward several promises made by Barack Obama during the presidential campaign. One of those was to "expedite" a ...

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...

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Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a project ...

Space Shuttle program manager struggled with the decision. Jan. 31, 2013 — -- What would you tell seven astronauts if you knew their space shuttle was crippled on orbit? It was a question that ...

Experts evaluating the space shuttle's readiness to return to flight later this year cautioned NASA yesterday not to rely too heavily on untested computer models to decide whether the orbiter is safe ...

Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most accomplished orbiter, the champion of the shuttle ...

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 ...