Whether carrying up to 660 passengers or 148 tons of cargo, the 747 is one of the most versatile airliners: It has done everything from serving as Air Force One to giving rides to the space shuttle.

An Atlas Air 747 experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff. We’re revisiting the emergency, analyzing the ATC audio, and sharing expert pilot insights on how the crew handled it.

Trippe and his colleagues persuaded Boeing to turn the extra space behind the cockpit into a bar and lounge. The party days ended with the 1973 fuel crisis, when virtually every 747 operator got ...

U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz introduced a new bill on Thursday called the Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, which ...

I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...

Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the ...