On October 11, 2012, NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery embarked on its arduous, 12-mile journey from an airplane hangar to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The iconic spacecraft had just ...

US former NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham, 60, who waited for nearly 20 years ahead of her 2006 space mission, says space tourists may be able to weekend in orbit in just five years' time.

One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else.

The ISS feels impossibly far at 250 miles up, but lunar missions go 240,000 miles out - over 1000x the distance. It's a perspective shift that redefines what 'space travel' means.

Virginia Senate Democrats and their allies are trying to block the Space Shuttle Discovery's move to Houston, citing high costs and artifact vulnerability.

40 years after flying aboard the Challenger, Professor Terry Hart is continuing his mission to make spaceflight safer and more efficient by training the next generation of aerospace and space systems ...

The Space Shuttle is composed of three primary components: the Orbiter Vehicle, Solid Rocket Boosters, and the External Tank. Disney explains Jimmy Kimmel decision as company announces show’s return ...

For Peanuts’ 75th anniversary, see how Snoopy’s 55+ year NASA partnership — from Apollo 10 and the Silver Snoopy to Artemis I — continues to inspire spaceflight.

NASA and Sierra Space have modified the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract, which originally called for the Dream Chaser spaceplane to be used to supply the International Space Station (ISS).

UPDATE for 11 am ET: NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered sediment formations that could be signs of possible biosignatures on Mars, but they could also have a non-biological source. Read our ...

A multibillion-dollar contract between NASA and SpaceX is under scrutiny as the Elon Musk-helmed space company’s plans to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon keep slipping. While NASA’s first ...