Exploration has never been a safe occupation. For every significant discovery, there has been sacrifice by those seeking out ...

War Thunder devs had to apologize over the weekend after players quickly noticed that a newly added loading screen featured ...

The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – ...

Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...

With astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Williams starting their earth-bound journey, the interest among space enthusiasts have increased manifold regarding upcoming space odysseys. However ...

Not only did these disasters cost lives ... On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Bruce McCandless II. Photo: NASA NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II stepped away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984, using a jet-powered backpack called the Manned Manoeuvring Unit ...

It was also used by the space shuttle before it was leased by SpaceX for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and future Starship launches. The March 13-14 total lunar eclipse was visible from most of the ...

IN 1981, DEVELOPMENT OF INSULATING TILES CONTRIBUTED TO DELAYS IN THE FIRST SHUTTLE LAUNCH ... are particularly vulnerable to strikes from space debris. About 30 to 100 tiles are replaced before ...

there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...

The decision was heavily influenced by the lessons learned from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, both of which were caused by overlooked technical issues that resulted in the ...

But NASA controlled the launches and crews. That remained true for the Gemini and Apollo programs and the eventual development of the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that could glide to a ...