Time-lapse of Space Shuttle Endeavour stacked with an external tank and pair of solid rocket boosters for a exhibit at the ...

Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday as he returned to Earth from a seven-month stay at the ...

A former NASA scientist explains how we know whether Blue Origin New Shepard made it to space, and how its altitude compares ...

Milwaukee filmmaker Cristina Costantini’s “Sally” reveals groundbreaking astronaut Sally Ride as a complex hero, and human.

Should the city of Houston, which proudly bills itself as "Space City," have a prized Space Shuttle orbiter on public display? More than a decade ago, arguably, the answer was yes. After all ...

Trailblazing astronaut Mae Jemison scolded anchor Vladimir Duthiers as she insisted on the importance of the star-studded ...

Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are blaming political favoritism for what they call a decades-old snub—and now ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery is the back drop as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence chairs the 6th meeting of the National Space Council on "Leading the Next Frontier" at the National Air and Space ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and send it to Houston for display. NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery ...

In 2008, Pettit was part of a Space Shuttle mission delivering equipment to the space station. Pettit's fourth and most recent spaceflight got off the ground in September, when he lifted off with ...

Blue Origin's all-female 11-minute flight on April 14 reminds us that there's a long line of women who have been making ...

"It's past time that the Space Center Houston Museum houses a space shuttle," Sen. Ted Cruz said about the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home" bill. This story excerpt is courtesy of our partners at ...