The TV documentary team was searching for a downed World War II aircraft when it discovered the NASA artifact. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. (NASA / Joel Kowsky) CAPE ...

For the third year in a row, the American Space History Museum and Space Walk of Fame is hosting ShuttleFest — a gathering of space workers and enthusiasts who wish to share stories, keep the ...

LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) - January 28, 1986. The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after lift-off. School teacher, Christa McAuliffe was one of 7 astronauts on board the shuttle. Schools across ...

The proposal to uproot Space Shuttle Discovery from its museum home and ship it to Texas ignited a rare mix of outrage among ...

AKRON, Ohio — This week marks 40 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, a tragedy that stunned the nation, halted America’s space program, and forever changed the lives of families, ...

At the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review held today at Kennedy Space Center, NASA mission managers set Oct. 2 for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station ...

This seven-part documentary series takes a look back at the evolution of the spacecraft, pinning the 1981 Columbia mission--in which the shuttle’s reliance on mission control was replaced with more ...

"The flight campaign for the American space shuttle began on April 12, 1981, with the launch of STS-1 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and ended on July 21, 2011, with wheels stop of STS-135.