But the story has become so much more than just moving a space shuttle from Virginia to Texas. Unfortunately embroiled in ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery is currently on display at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center outside Washington. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — A provision in ...

A Soviet cosmonaut, he spent 362 days in flight on three missions. He returned 18 years later on a U.S. shuttle to the Mir space station. By Sam Roberts Mr. Hartsfield, who logged 483 hours in space, ...

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Two senators earmarked $85 million for the move to Houston—but safely shipping an 86-ton shuttle orbiter cross-country could ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit this evening, setting off on a space station construction mission cut short by launch delays that dragged on ...

Discovery has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for more than a decade. Now, Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn want to bring it to Texas. Reading time 3 minutes The ...

An illustration of NASA's Cassini spacecraft flying through a plume above the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech As maintaining leadership in space is a primary goal, ...

Lego's version of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the most detailed I've ever seen. So much so, that when Lego first released the set in 2021, I bought it immediately, and I've never ...