In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space ...

NASA's Columbia orbiter launches skyward on April 12, 1981 on NASA's first-ever shuttle flight, STS-1. Commanding the 54-hour mission was astronaut veteran John Young with then-rookie flyer Robert ...

The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency’s retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be ...

Learn about NASA's Space Shuttle, a revolutionary reusable spacecraft. Know about its key findings, its role in building the International Space Station, and why the space shuttle program was ...

The first Space Shuttle was originally going to be named Constitution. US President Gerald Ford agreed to rename it Enterprise – here's how Star Trek fans persuaded him.

As NASA prepares to launch the space shuttle Atlantis on the last mission of the space shuttle program, here's a look at the agency's three most flown space shuttles: Discovery, Endeavour and ...

A decade ago, NASA's space shuttle took its last flight, but the Shuttle's controversies stretches far beyond that.

The orbiters from NASA's retired space shuttles have been on public display since 2013. Here's where you can find these pieces of history during your next road trip.

NASA's space shuttles have racked up an amazing set of accomplishments over the last 30 years, not to mention the miles and statistics ...

Officials with Space Center Houston, the visitor center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC), today announced the winning entry in the “Name the Shuttle” contest during a public ...

Astronauts have begun training for the STS-108/Utilization Flight-1 mission to rotate International Space Station crews and to deliver experiments and scientific racks for the station’s U.S ...