On Sept. 30, 1994, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 7th trip into space. During the 11-day mission, the ...

The 13th flight of the space shuttle program and the sixth of Challenger, STS-41G holds many distinctions. As the first mission focused almost ...

but James Buchanan tells us problems plagued the second mission … James Buchanan: "It was around 1:18 Pacific time Saturday, November 14th. Through a wispy cloud cover came the Space Shuttle ...

The U.S. Space Force, to which the two X-37Bs are now assigned, announced the planned orbital maneuvers as part of the ...

and Doug Hurley’s patch lifted off to begin their final mission. On the morning of February 1, 2003, both Hurley and Behnken waited at the space center’s Shuttle Landing Facility to help the ...

Columbia Memorial Space Center will exhibit "Inspiration" in a new building to be constructed over the next two years.

Navy Capt. Frederick H. Hauck, astronaut and mission commander. The problem with the satellites had begun at their launch from the space shuttle a year earlier when both entered elliptical rather than ...

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It’ll still be several years until the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center is ready for visitors, but the museum celebrated another major milestone with a “topping out.” ...

The final beams raised into place were signed by members of the construction team at California Science Center.

The term “space plane” often evokes NASA’s Space Shuttle, which flew 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, carrying astronauts into orbit and helping to construct the International Space Station.

Among the items issued to astronauts are Velcro-backed name tags that can be attached to their flight suits and jackets. This ...