Moving the Discovery from Virginia to Texas could be risky for the fragile craft. After the space shuttle Discovery made its ...

US former NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham, 60, who waited for nearly 20 years ahead of her 2006 space mission, says space tourists may be able to weekend in orbit in just five years' time.

Eileen Collins reflects on her time as the first female not only to pilot but also command a spacecraft. Here's her ...

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...

SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket, completes final V2 test, prepares for Moon and Mars with a new, fully ...

Kennedy Space Center is a top field trip choice for Central Florida schools offering a mix of history, science and fun.

How calm, cool, and utterly chill is the crew of NASA’s first Moon mission in more than half a century? Let’s start with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. “You know me, personally, I hope to take a ...

Welcome to Edition 8.13 of the Rocket Report! It’s difficult for me to believe, but we have now entered the fourth quarter of the year. Accordingly, there are three months left in 2025, with a lot of ...

Exclusive The war of words over the possible relocation of Space Shuttle Discovery has ratcheted up, with the office of Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) telling The Register that the orbiter belongs in ...

On October 11, 2012, NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery embarked on its arduous, 12-mile journey from an airplane hangar to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The iconic spacecraft had just ...

In case you hadn’t noticed, we live in a dangerous world. While our soft, fleshy selves are remarkably good at absorbing kinetic energy and healing the damage that results, there are very definite ...

Sierra Space had been looking to join SpaceX and Northrop Grumman as one of three commercial resupply partners for NASA aiming to fly its Dream Chaser spacecraft to the International Space Station.