When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The mock space shuttle orbiter Pathfinder is seen atop its external tank and boosters after a ...

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...

Air cargo usually brings to mind electronics or oranges - but the skies often carry far stranger freight. From spacecraft to ...

See a mistake? Contact us. There is a battle brewing over ownership of a retired NASA space shuttle. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump at the White House last ...

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 ...

ST. CLOUD — The largest part of St. Cloud’s future space shuttle, Inspiration Mock Orbiter, is expected to depart from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this Wednesday, LVX System founder Felicity John ...

The United States once poured money and political capital into a spaceplane concept that promised to take off from a runway, ...

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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most ...

At the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review held today at Kennedy Space Center, NASA mission managers set Oct. 2 for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station ...