Harris, the first African American to perform a spacewalk, flew on two shuttle missions. Whitson, set to command Axiom Mission 4, holds the record for most time in space by a U.S. astronaut.

Satellite images released in the aftermath of a missile attack, which is reported to have targeted a Russian deep space network hub in annexed Crimea, appear to show destruction at a military ...

Aldean, 48, recalls. Space Shuttle Challenger launched on January 28, 1986 and exploded on live TV just 73 seconds after it took off, killing all seven crew members aboard. Having that memory ...

Following the loss of shuttles Challenger and Columbia, NASA Stennis teams completed rigorous test campaigns to ensure future mission safety. The space shuttle main engine arguably became the most ...

The Space Shuttle was one of the most complex and ambitious spacecraft ever designed, pioneering reusable spaceflight and enabling decades of missions. With massive solid rocket boosters ...

The Boeing 747 and NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise formed an iconic partnership in aerospace history. NASA modified a Boeing 747 into the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), which was specially ...