The Space Shuttles were reusable vehicles that launched like a rocket, landed like a glider, deployed satellites and helped build the international space station. The first spaceflight of NASA’s ...

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, ...

Click to open image viewer. This black leather name tag with silver embossed lettering belonged to Dr. Sally K. Ride. NASA issued Velcro-backed name tags of this kind to be worn on shuttle astronaut ...

I wasn’t even two years old when the worst tragedy in the U.S. Space Program took place. In January of 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger suddenly exploded 73 seconds after blastoff.

Spectators in the VIP area at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, watch as the space shuttle Challenger lifts off Jan. 28, 1986. The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch. (Bruce ...