This 2011 astronaut photo captured one of NASA's iconic space shuttles passing between Earth and the International Space ...

Flying either the rocket-powered X-15 or Space Shuttle would already be pretty impressive, but one man actually flew both.

The four crew of the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis reunited at Kennedy Space Center for the 15th anniversary of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air over Florida, killing all seven ...

A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its story.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

On July 21, 2011, NASA marked the end of one of the most iconic chapters in space exploration as Space Shuttle Atlantis ...

When I was an aerospace engineer working on the NASA Space Shuttle Program, trust was mission-critical. Every bolt, every line of code, every system had to be validated and tested carefully, or the ...

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...

The crew of four reflected on the mission beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which flew them on the 12-day mission.