Space Shuttle Orbiter

As NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida wraps up a year that will see more than 90 government, commercial, and private missions launch from Florida's Space

On Episode 134 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Ben Dickow about a magnificent, full-sized shuttle mockup, its history and future plans.

The large rocket will attempt to land on its debut flight.

Blue Origin is taking its New Glenn rocket for a spin, and it will deliver payloads bound for Mars. The debut launch of Blue Origin's first-ever reusable rocket, the New Glenn, was recently confirmed to be coming this October, marking the maiden expedition of its latest spacecraft.

Some cities have skylines. Huntsville, Alabama has a "spaceline." Or so it does again with the restoration of "Rocket Row" at the U.S. Space and Rocket...

A jealous planet guards its secrets closely?

A patch created to honor Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a U.S. spacecraft, features a geometric pattern representing the glow of her space...

CNN's space documentary, "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight" reaches its finale on April 14. You can watch an exclusive clip now.

The space agency stopped painting its shuttles' fuel tank because the white paint added about 600 pounds of weight.

On Feb. 3, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fourth flight, STS-41B. Its five-person crew of Commander Vance D. Brand, Pilot Robert L. "Hoot"

The move was delayed by winds, but crews eventually raised the massive tank Friday at the California Science Center before nearly finishing Saturday.

With the end of 2023 comes the end of an endeavor — or rather Endeavour — as the retired NASA space shuttle goes off public view at the California Science...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane to orbit tonight (Dec. 28), kicking off the robotic vehicle's seventh mission.

The space shuttle Endeavour's twin giant rockets will be hoisted by crane next week and affixed into place atop the craft's aft skirts in a first step of assembling a full-stack configuration of the shuttle at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture is among 12 companies chosen to collaborate with NASA on new technologies that could become part of...

Headlines proclaiming the rise of a new "space race" between the U.S. and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent years. Experts have pointed to China's rapid advancements in space as evidence of an emerging landscape where China is directly compet...

Space shuttle Endeavour is about to get its 'boom' back. The California Science Center has reopened the orbiter's payload bay to complete outfitting the vehicle's cargo hold. The work is preparation of Endeavour going vertical in the Oschin Air and Space Center.

The New Glenn rocket hasn't yet left the Earth, but it already has big plans.

I wrote this review of Comm Check, a book about the Columbia disaster, back in 2009, just before the launch of Shuttle Discovery on a space station mission. As an engineer (and a space enthusiast)…

Is ESA no longer committed to working with China?