Exactly 54 years ago today on Jan. 4, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million to develop a ...

Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...

In honor of the launch of the last space shuttle mission today, the Atlantic has a great photographic history of the program, from the initial designs through two tragedies to recent work on the ...

Jared Isaacman, the new NASA administrator, signaled he was open to offering other spacecraft to Texas instead of the Discovery, housed at the Smithsonian.

This video explores the intricate process of getting the Space Shuttle into orbit, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It covers the various stages involved, notable spacecraft, ...

Noted author, poet, and NASA historian Bruce McCandless III ("Wonders All Around") grew up in close proximity to the thundering roar of Apollo-era rockets and the Space Shuttle Program as the son of ...

For millions of Americans, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11. On that chilly January day in 1986, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most ...