Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

For many years NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, were the only spacefaring entities in the world. The Chinese ...

with the Soviet Union.Despite the uncertainties surrounding Carter's motivations, the decision proved pivotal. The Space Shuttle program, which eventually led to groundbreaking missions such as ...

The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program ... became the first American woman in space, 20 years after Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.

pioneered a voyage into space ... [+] that was both groundbreaking and heartbreaking. On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s ...

The Blue Origin rocket was delayed to no earlier than 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, due to unfavorable conditions offshore. The company delayed the launch to maximize chances at successfully landing the ...

The An-225 was just the beginning. The engineers had big plans for the aircraft, and by big, we mean huge. Meet the An-325 ...

In 2007, tardigrades were the first animals to survive outer space. Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are microscopic ...

Endeavour, the fifth and final space shuttle was created after the space shuttle program's greatest tragedy. Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was lost ...