CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, ...

From landing on the moon to navigating the Mars rover, NASA — the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — has captured the imagination of children and adults alike since its founding in 1958.

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...

The shape of a breadbox is not something that comes to mind when thinking about space exploration vehicles. Be they rockets or spacecraft, they are all pointy and streamlined. But a breadbox shape for ...

The space shuttle isn’t the most graceful design ever (although it can look great in such pictures as the first one here): it’s a bit boxy, more akin to an 18-wheeler than a Ferrari. But the idea of a ...

Techies and Trekkies for a good cause? A strange partnership of the two subcultures (OK, both of them are a little dweebie) has formed to raise money for the families of astronauts who died in the ...