Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle delivered them all. It used precision helium-pressurized tanks and toxic, ignition ...

WASHINGTON -- NASA shook up its space shuttle management team Wednesday, putting an engineer who worked on the doomed Columbia flight in charge of a new safety program and creating new positions at ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

“I would much rather see that money invested in NASA’s science program,” said Garrett Reisman, who flew on Discovery as a former astronaut, as the nation’s most traveled space shuttle is entangled in ...

40 years after flying aboard the Challenger, Professor Terry Hart is continuing his mission to make spaceflight safer and more efficient by training the next generation of aerospace and space systems ...

A heat shield scan has shown there is no damage to the space shuttle Nasa has given the green light for Discovery to attempt a landing on Monday, after an inspection showed no signs of damage to the ...

It's been 14 years since the Space Shuttle Endeavour flew its final mission. With construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center nearing completion, the shuttle now has a permanent home in Los ...