These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive ...

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 ...

causing the orbiter to be torn apart by aerodynamic stresses. It would take two years of investigations and modifications before a NASA space shuttle flew into space again. Discovery returned NASA ...

The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum will honor the legacy of the Space Shuttle Columbia with two days of special events ...

Endeavour, the fifth and final space shuttle was created after the space shuttle program's greatest tragedy. Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was lost ...

The design of NASA’s space shuttle ... which was never carried out – would influence the design of the Space Shuttle orbiter more than any other mission. During this 90-minute mission ...

What made NASA's Space Shuttle Orbiter so revolutionary? Dive into its unmatched engineering, from its powerful engines to its durable heat-resistant windows. Witness how it became the workhorse ...

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper.

The concept of a completely reusable space shuttle was first discussed in the 1960s, before the Apollo lunar landing spacecraft had flown. Over time, to minimize cost, the National Aeronautics and ...

When it was being developed, NASA envisioned the Space Shuttle ... the Falcon 9 is a very simple design compared to the Space Shuttle. There’s no winged orbiter, no solid-propellant boosters.

In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II made history—and defied human instinct—by stepping into the vast void of space ...