Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

If Congress decides to grant Houston a space shuttle, Space Center CEO William Harris says the city is far more ready than it was a decade ago.

The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the National Air & ...

While they were in space, a NASA space shuttle disintegrated as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and killed all seven astronauts on board in an incident that became known as the Columbia disaster.

Bruce McCandless II. Photo: NASA NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II stepped away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984, using a jet-powered backpack called the Manned Manoeuvring Unit ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record. But never ...