NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz got language into President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that creates a path for ...

NASA may relocate Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston under a new $85M law, sparking debate over the orbiter’s rightful home.

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...

The ceremony highlighted the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 for the 20th anniversary of the mission disaster that killed seven astronauts on Feb. 1, 2003.

Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, and a rookie, Bob ...

While the 747 was a commercial success, it has served important roles in aviation beyond passenger operations. The aircraft was famously operated by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space ...

This ambitious shuttle orbiter concept was a post-Apollo pipe dream we never got.

The shuttle was supposed to make spaceflight routine. After nine missions in 1985, the most in any calendar year, policies called for increasing to as many as 24 flights annually.

The Space Shuttle was cool. But you should see one of the design concepts that preceded it.