NASA's Boeing B-52B served as a launch platform for X-15, Pegasus and X-43 programs, supporting hypersonic and space research ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...

On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle ...

WASHINGTON — NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery is targeted to launch Feb. 12 at 7:28 a.m. EST on the ...

The Artemis II mission around the moon will be a brilliant last hurrah for several space shuttle engines and booster rocket ...

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