Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to space, the stalwart of NASA’s shuttle fleet evokes awe in ...

The United States once poured money and political capital into a spaceplane concept that promised to take off from a runway, reach orbit in a single leap, and slash the cost of spaceflight. Instead of becoming the successor that might have spared NASA billions on the Space Shuttle,

In a new study published in the Strategic Management Journal, the team outlined NASA’s non-linear design approach. While designing the Space Shuttle, the US space agency often took a step back to consider several approaches, only to return to its original plan.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the architects of the Discovery moving plan, said that Isaacman is on board. The controversial plan to move the space shuttle Discovery to Houston reportedly has a powerful new backer. Jared Isaacman, President Donald ...

A lawsuit seeks to recover damages after unexpected bird strike triggered crash at NASA's former shuttle landing facility.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The two-day trip for the jumbo jet that gave piggy back rides to some of NASA's space shuttles came to an end this morning. It was a slow-going journey but the 747 is finally at its destination. The final leg of the trip went slowly at a ...

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, students and teachers across the nation waited in awe ...

She worked on preparations for the second, third, and fourth shuttle missions, and was a Cape Crusader at the Kennedy Space Center on a team of astronauts who oversaw vehicle and payload readiness for each shuttle mission on behalf of the assigned crews.