In the 1990s, NASA and Lockheed Skunk Works chased a fully reusable space shuttle replacement with the X-33 and VentureStar, promising radically cheaper access to orbit. This deep dive follows the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

The Challenger Learning Center is honoring its namesake in 2026, the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle tragedy.

Los Angeles, CA – July 25, 2006 The Space Frontier Foundation issued a white paper today stating that NASA’s multi-billion dollar post-space shuttle transportation plans are in the initial stages of ...

It's eerily quiet on the spaceflight front. In the past two weeks, there has been just a single orbital launch — that of a Chinese Long March 4B rocket, which lofted the Gaofen-11 05 Earth-observation ...

It's been a "sub-nominal" few days in the spaceflight realm. What connects these recent failures is that the spacecraft involved were developed by commercial companies, not NASA, as they seek to carve ...

HELSINKI — Landspace’s Zhuque-2 rocket suffered an anomaly after liftoff Thursday, leading to loss of the mission and potential delays for its new Zhuque-3 reusable launcher. The Zhuque-2E ...

"We need to continue our vigilance for every flight, for every mission." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Even before NASA removed ...

Shannon Airport has had many eye-catching visitors over the years. But the prospect of a NASA space shuttle hurtling towards ...

In that event, the shuttle could attempt an emergency landing at Shannon Airport. To reassure Irish authorities, the embassy added that “United States personnel (both US government and contractor) ...

Three and a half years ago, Vice President Kamala Harris was given two primary roles: oversight of the border and chair of the National Space Council. In her role as the head of the Space Council, her ...

Consistently short drives aren’t always a great sign for an offense. Generally speaking, it is harder to score on a 75-yard drive when running... I have an old children’s book about space. Published ...