Space Shuttle Columbia disaster didn’t begin during re-entry. It began 16 days earlier, with something NASA believed was harmless. In 2003, Columbia launched on what appeared to be a routine mission.

On May 16, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight. This was also the penultimate mission of ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

After years of planning and construction, the California Science Center said Monday that construction is finally finished on a building set to become the permanent home of Space Shuttle Endeavour.

The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...

COLORADO SPRINGS – A spaceplane slated to launch from Cape Canaveral in late 2020 could chase the dream on different rockets after its inaugural flight to resupply the International Space Station and ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a multi-nation construction project that is the largest single structure humans ever ...

Construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at California Science Center has been completed after four years, offering the public new exhibit spaces and the permanent home for Space Shuttle ...