The whine of electric motors and the silent flight of autonomous shuttles are soon to start substituting the roar of internal ...

The Phantom Express program sought to build a reusable spacecraft that could be used to launch satellites into orbit every 24 hours during 10 days with minimal maintenance. The implications would give ...

Big Bird barely made it out of the 1980s in one piece. Not only was Sesame Street' s biggest star in talks to ride aboard the ...

"The first 20 women or so ... couldn't even imagine the reality or the possibility of becoming an astronaut except as they ...

Another parking option is the 2,800-space surface lot next to the terminal called the Terminal Lot. There is no wayfinding ...

Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its second trip into space. Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly rode the reusable, ...

Texas lawmakers have demanded the Discovery shuttle be moved to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, but daunting technical challenges remain—and Virginia officials have dug in against the move. The ...

The Boeing 747 has taken many forms in its decades of service. First introduced in 1970, the Queen of the Skies has flown for airlines all over the world. It has also had a handful of side gigs over ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

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, ...

The Lego Icons NASA Space Shuttle Discovery Set is down to its lowest price ever for Prime Big Deal Days. Until the event ends on October 8, you can pick up the popular set for just $140 (was $200).