During the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly built its own space shuttle to rival America’s NASA program. Called Buran, it looked like the Space Shuttle but hid radical differences. In this ...

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, & Artemis II. NASA officials held a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to highlight progress on ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...