Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An approaching cold front could thwart NASA’s plans to launch space shuttle Endeavour on Friday on a flight to the international space station. But the seven astronauts arrived ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

One of the most eye-catching and difficult aspects of the California Science Center’s $400-million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center project to create a space shuttle exhibit took place Jan. 29.

The action starts at 12:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday (Jan. 30). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The space shuttle Endeavour will be ...

In 1983, he commanded a Challenger shuttle flight. After the 1986 disaster, he was charged with leading NASA’s return to space. By Richard Sandomir Richard Truly, a naval aviator and astronaut who ...

In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts were wrangled into an orbital battle over soft-drink supremacy. In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House ...

A spacecraft is a metaphor of national inspiration: majestic, technologically advanced, produced at dear cost and entrusted with precious cargo, rising above the constraints of the earth. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- An approaching cold front could thwart NASA's plans to launch space shuttle Endeavour on Friday on a flight to the international space station. But the seven astronauts ...