Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, ...

A lawsuit seeks to recover damages after unexpected bird strike triggered crash at NASA's former shuttle landing facility.

When Columbia was destroyed during reentry in 2003, a small piece of foam was ultimately blamed—but investigators also asked whether a daring in-orbit rescue was ever truly possible. This segment ...

Blue Origin is preparing another tourist flight beyond Earth’s atmosphere, but this one carries a first that could reshape ...

JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November.

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321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Dec. 8) ...

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...

There has been only one mission of the Artemis program to date, an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft that was conducted back in 2022. Judging this solely from this perspective, you could be ...

Dream Chaser, the vehicle that has been likened to a miniature version of NASA’s space shuttle, continues to reach major milestones despite its uncertain future. Sierra Nevada, the company behind the ...