After a fiery trip through Earth’s atmosphere that lasted nearly 15 minutes, the crew's Orion spacecraft splashed down in the ...

Before the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission travel farther from Earth than any human ever has, they first had to get to the launch site. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and ...

NASA has clarified that any attempt to move the Discovery space shuttle from Virginia to Texas could not involve its disassembly—more or less making the project impossible. Texas Republican Senator ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Johnson Space Center is one of Houston's top attractions and a major destination for visitors. "Just being able to view actual equipment is just really amazing," one ...

HOUSTON — NASA is now taking the first steps to bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston. The agency is asking for feedback on how to safely transport the historic spacecraft from the Smithsonian in ...

Space Shuttle Discovery on display at the Smithsonian. NASA is beginning the process of potentially relocating Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. The federal space ...

The Space Shuttle had no engines on landing, no go-around, and no second chance, so NASA built a bizarre solution. By converting a Gulfstream II into the Shuttle Training Aircraft, astronauts could ...

Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry. Columbia was just 16 minutes from landing at the Kennedy Space Center, when Mission ...

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space. The accident instantly killed all seven astronauts on board. This was ...

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all 7 crew members. Among the seven crew members were 5 NASA astronauts, as well as a payload specialist ...