With airplane wings and rocket power, the space shuttle changed how we reached space. Here’s how its three iconic parts ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — Could Space Shuttle Discovery be cut into pieces? In a letter sent to Congressional leaders, the Smithsonian warns the beloved historic gem in Virginia could be taken apart if the ...

Three-way Ohio partnership tests portable devices on patients and rover parts before 2027 launch to International Space ...

Retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Marc Garneau describes the time he picked up a spinning satellite in space known as Spartan 207. Garneau retrieved the satellite in May 1996 during space ...

Discovery has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for more than a decade. Now, Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn want to bring it to Texas. reading time 3 minutes The ...

One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine seek to prevent the move from its home ...

View of Space Shuttle Discovery on display in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, May 3, 2012. The Shuttle Remote Manipulator Arm is ...

The International Space Station (ISS) may never again be visited by a space plane. NASA's space shuttle orbiters were instrumental in building the ISS, and in keeping it operational for its first ...

A former NASA astronaut turned US senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his two rides to space remain on display in the Smithsonian. “Why should hundreds of millions of taxpayer ...

Sierra Space had been looking to join SpaceX and Northrop Grumman as one of three commercial resupply partners for NASA aiming to fly its Dream Chaser spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Being in orbit is great. Not so much if you want a carbonated beverage Andrew J. Ross These two cola cans—which were customized for use aboard the space shuttle—are in the permanent collection of the ...

Through the looking glass: Artist Stephanie Rentschler recently unveiled SlimeMoldCrypt, an interactive installation where art meets science by using biology to generate stronger encryption keys.