The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

Then, due to the loss of Challenger in January 1986 and the ensuing pause of the space shuttle program, Hubble would wait yet another five years before reaching orbit. Loren J. Shriver ...

NASA made history with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31. The launch marked a pivotal moment in space exploration, ushering in a new era of ...

Note: This list is compiled using data from Wired. During NASA’s STS-121 mission on the space shuttle Discovery, astronaut Piers Sellers was testing ways to fix heat shields in space.

That's 162 human spaceflight missions since the beginning of 2000, ranging from Space Shuttle flights to Russian Soyuz missions, Chinese astronauts' first forays into orbit, and commercial ...

April 22, 2025 • Experts are divided whether a new missile defense system for the U.S., inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, would be worth the cost.

the Maserati MC20 screamed just shy of the 200-mph barrier while zooming down the center of NASA's old space shuttle landing strip — with nobody in the driver's seat. Need a break? Play the ...

on Pettit, NASA's 70-year-old astronaut, has safely landed in Kazakhstan, marking the successful conclusion of his fourth spaceflight, a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station ...

The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the ... Evidence Blasted Into Space: Mystery Why Some Meteorites Look Less Shocked Solved Apr. 24, 2025 — Carbon ...

The USS Ridgecrest took its maiden voyage this month in the pool at Rinehart Fitness Center on Fort Sill. The good news is that it didn’t sink. The bad news is that it didn’t win the fourth annual ...