O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first ...
On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first ...
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
On this day in history, the Challenger space shuttle exploded, killing all seven inside. On Jan. 28, 1986, an explosion took ...
NASA artist Miriam Schottland sketches a view of the space shuttle orbiter Discovery, Sunday June, 24, 1984 as it sits on pad ...
The loss of space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and the Apollo 1 fire bring reflection and inspiration for a new future ...
"Waiting for Spaceships," by aviation writer and photographer Ted Huetter, celebrates the golden age of the shuttle program.
Sault Ste. Marie’s Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman, the second Canadian, and the first neurologist in space 33 ...