The shuttle even did a promotional tour of the area, flying into the Central Coast base on the back of a Boeing 747.

On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle program.

US astronaut Leroy Chiao has been on three space missions and event spent months living in space, only to bizarrely see his ...

Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

The first RPM was performed by Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-114 mission in July 2005. It was executed by NASA’s first female commander, Eileen Collins. The RPM became a standard ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is nearing its 35th anniversary and skywatchers can celebrate the mighty telescope with a ...

A new documentary focuses more on how Christa McAuliffe still inspires others as a teacher and less on her fate aboard the ...

Yes, the Buzz Lightyear, Pixar's toy spaceman extraordinaire, launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, spent 15 months on the International Space Station, and came back as one of the longest-s ...

Trying to do stellar observations from Earth is like trying to do birdwatching from the bottom of a lake.” James B. Odom, ...

Not only does this epic set let you recreate your very own scale model of the Space Shuttle Discovery, it also comes with a Hubble Telescope. Price: $199.99 / £169.99 Model number: 10283 Number ...

Hubble launched to space on April 24, 1990, aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Since then, the space telescope has captured some of the most incredible images of the cosmos and made numerous ...