The Space Shuttle was an engineering marvel that changed the face of space exploration, and understanding how it launched is key to appreciating the complexity of this incredible spacecraft. From ...

A full-size mockup of a Soviet Buran space shuttle is departing Moscow for an exhibition center opening at the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

That the Soviet space program didn’t immediately embark on its own shuttle program is curious; it may have had reservations about the technical feasibility of a reusable space plane.

NASA has set Space Shuttle Atlantis’ launch for Friday, Sept. 8, at 11:41 a.m. EDT. Shuttle program managers made the lift-off decision after reviewing more detailed data on a problem associated ...

This is a white ceramic tile made for the Soviet space shuttle Buran. The Buran was a Soviet effort to replicate the American space shuttle program. The spacecraft had one voyage, without a crew in ...

The shuttle was capable of carrying military and civilian payloads into space, acting as a laboratory for science experiments, and ferrying crews and visitors to orbiting space stations.

Russia's space agency aborted a launch containing three astronauts about 20 seconds before scheduled lift off. The crew was expected to go to the International Space Station.

There is a long process to getting the Space Shuttle ready to launch! If it lands Vandenburg Air Force Base in California then it will need to be flown across the United States to Kennedy Space ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship packed with tons of supplies to the International Space Station on April 21.

They will launch in the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft and will head to the International Space Station. NASA is streaming the launch, with coverage beginning at 10:45 a.m. ET.

The Alexeyev/Sukhoi Albatros launch system, proposed in 1974, would have launched a Soviet space shuttle on the back of a carrier spaceplane, launched off the back of a hydrofoiling barge. It ...