In the 1980s, the Soviet Union unveiled the Buran, a massive space shuttle built to rival NASA’s own. With an almost ...

A former NASA astronaut turned US senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his two rides to space remain on display in the Smithsonian. “Why should hundreds of millions of taxpayer ...

When the Space Shuttle lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in 1981, it was the first reusable spacecraft. The massive orange external fuel tank was the major component designed to be destroyed on ...

How would you move Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to Texas? The White House Office of Management and Budget asked NASA and the Smithsonian Institution and the response was to dismantle it.… The ...

HOUSTON — A familiar voice echoed through history with the words, "3, 2, 1… and liftoff of the shuttle Discovery and the Hubble Telescope." That proud moment marked one of NASA’s most iconic ...

From the archives: Watch CBS News coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003, in the video above. Twenty years ago this Wednesday — on Feb. 1, 2003, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST — a sensor ...

Barring weather delays, the space shuttle Endeavour will undergo its final, historic lift starting Monday night, a maneuver no other retired orbiter has undergone. Plans for the coming move — setting ...

The space shuttle Endeavour began the first part of its journey to its final resting place Thursday, an effort more than a decade in the making after arriving at the California Science Center museum ...

The catastrophic loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986, stands as a haunting reminder of the immense risks and complexities involved in humanity's exploration of space. This event, ...

When the Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Fla., for its April 12, 1981 maiden voyage, it ushered in a new and exciting age of space travel and ...

Felicity-John Pederson, creator of a promising St. Cloud tech company, made headlines last year when he brought a full-scale replica of the space shuttle from Florida to his hometown But Pederson’s ...