NASA's Space Shuttle program was a great idea in concept, but flawed execution led to its demise. Here are the problems it ...
The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...
Two senators earmarked $85 million for the move to Houston—but safely shipping an 86-ton shuttle orbiter cross-country could ...
Wake-up calls date back to the Gemini program in the 1960s, when mission controllers began using music to greet crews at the ...
In 1977, the United Kingdom's King Charles III, a prince at the time, met with NASA astronauts Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton, ...
There has been only one mission of the Artemis program to date, an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft that was conducted back in 2022. Judging this solely from this perspective, you could be ...
On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off ...
The Boeing 747 has taken many forms in its decades of service. First introduced in 1970, the Queen of the Skies has flown for airlines all over the world. It has also had a handful of side gigs over ...
If there is a custody battle to be had, the Smithsonian has it locked down.