Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...

Mission nearly complete. The California Science Center says construction is finally finished on a building that will house Space Shuttle Endeavour.

In the 1990s, Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas were quietly building spacecraft designed to make the Space Shuttle ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big ...

There was even a day not too long ago when printers appeared to be going the way of the dodo; remember the “paperless office” craze? But then, printer manufacturers invented printers so cheap they ...

The space shuttle Endeavour is lifted into position at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center on Tuesday morning. (Ringo Chiu / For The Times) The final journey ...

NASA astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, both four-time space shuttle veterans, and two of the few people to ever touch the ...

(CNN) — Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

Operating the world’s first large-scale digital satellite plant will give MDA a production, export and sovereignty edge ...

Hannah Berryman’s engrossing documentary on Eileen Collins, the first female space shuttle pilot and commander, focuses on managing pride and fear. By Lisa Kennedy In the summer of 1985, NASA, the ...