NASA invites news media to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. for an important milestone for the upcoming Space Shuttle Discovery mission, designated STS-121. On Friday, May 12, Discovery is scheduled to ...

Fifty-five years ago Saturday, humanity made its first visit to the lunar surface with Apollo 11. Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever changed ...

In a new study published in the Strategic Management Journal, the team outlined NASA’s non-linear design approach. While designing the Space Shuttle, the US space agency often took a step back to ...

At slower than a walking pace, the prototype that helped launch America’s space shuttle program paraded down Downey streets Thursday morning on its way to a temporary housing location in preparation ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

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Now on approach, the new Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is set for a landing May 15. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new ...

The California Science Center debuts Dragon, Electron and other aerospace artifacts on display. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery completed one milestone and is nearing another as workers prepare the orbiter for a December launch to the International Space Station. On Tuesday night, drivers moved ...