NASA's space shuttle was a large, heavy vehicle, and needed an even larger, heavier low-wing aircraft to transport it across ...
American space agency NASA and space company L3Harris announced they've conducted a test firing of the second new RS-25 ...
Downey hopes to finish Space Center expansion before Olympics, the atmospheric river storm hitting California and more big ...
Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its second trip into space. Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly rode the reusable, ...
In the 1970s, the USA was planning vast network of solar power stations, or SPS, to wean the country off oil and avoid using ...
NASA’s “Teacher in Space” added joy to many Americans’ lives and increased excitement for the future of spaceflight, though she never reached her destination Alice George - Museums Correspondent ...
The VentureStar launch system was a direct response to the necessity of re-using spaceplanes that could put satellites into orbit. By replacing the Space Shuttle, NASA would save a lot of money, and ...
Feb. 10, 2003 -- When the space shuttle first launched on April 21, 1981, it opened a whole new era in space exploration for NASA. For the first time, the agency — and the world — had a space vehicle ...