Within the next 18 months, the space shuttle Discovery may be disassembled in Washington D.C., transported more than 1,000 miles to Houston and reassembled. But not if grassroots group Keep The ...

On September 6, 2020, Space-Track.org, an online space launch database, added a peculiar entry. An unidentified object that flew into orbit as TBA, or to be assessed, was listed in the database ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — Could Space Shuttle Discovery be cut into pieces? In a letter sent to Congressional leaders, the Smithsonian warns the beloved historic gem in Virginia could be taken apart if the ...

One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine seek to prevent the move from its home ...

NASA whistleblowers claim that President Donald Trump’s drastic changes to the space agency are imperiling safety to such a degree that insiders have become “very concerned that we’re going to see an ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of humanity’s greatest achievements, providing a habitat in orbit that has been occupied continuously for almost 25 years. Visited by almost 300 people ...

Yuri Kubo is a native of Columbus, Indiana. He earned two degrees from Purdue — a bachelor’s in electrical engineering in 2008 and a master’s in electrical and computer engineering in 2015. Purdue’s ...

Being in orbit is great. Not so much if you want a carbonated beverage Andrew J. Ross These two cola cans—which were customized for use aboard the space shuttle—are in the permanent collection of the ...

While the sitting US government strips NASA of its expert leadership and funding, it seems China is more than happy to take up the mantle. A new report from the Commercial Space Federation, a lobbying ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo ship, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of equipment and supplies for the International Space Station, is scheduled to rendezvous with the space station Thursday ...

"We believe in a future where this is the engine powering everything..." Pam Melroy, one of only two women to ever command a NASA space shuttle, is channeling her decades of experience across the U.S.