For millions of Americans, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11. On that chilly January day in 1986, ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and send it to Houston for display. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

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At slower than a walking pace, the prototype that helped launch America’s space shuttle program paraded down Downey streets Thursday morning on its way to a temporary housing location in preparation ...

Texas’s two senators are on a crusade to bring one of NASA’s retired space shuttles to Houston, logistical difficulties be damned. A small provision tucked inside the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

Columbia Memorial Space Center will exhibit "Inspiration" in a new building to be constructed over the next two years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is set to announce on Tuesday final museum berths for its retiring space shuttles, whose mothballing this year will hand over human space transportation to ...

The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – Houston. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, introduced a ...

Today, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open the doors to the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program – Space Shuttle Atlantis.