The space shuttle Challenger exploded on live TV, 73 seconds after launch, killing Concord teacher Christa McAuliffe and her ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was moving to streamline a key commercial space launch and reentry license ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

While the space shuttle was mostly a civilian program, in the 1980s the U.S. military used it occasionally to launch satellites ... mostly ceased after the Challenger shuttle explosion of 1986 ...

CONCORD, NH (WGME) -- A beloved teacher who was headed for space is being remembered with a new statue. Christa McAuliffe was ...

Nearly two hours before sunrise Monday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminated the sky above Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...

Moon missions aside, whether it lives or dies makes no practical difference to his armlock on America’s space-launch industry. SpaceX’s actual main challenger at the moment is Blue Origin ...

The telescope's original October 1986 launch was scrapped after the loss of the space shuttle Challenger. When the telescope finally became operational in 1990, it began to return unprecedented ...

Space weather events can scramble satellite communication systems on Earth and even damage power grids. Still not enough space? Don't forget to check out our Space Image of the Day, and on the ...