By switching the next space station crew to a different ferry ship, the Starliner astronauts will get home a bit earlier than planned.

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Founded in 1990, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame is part of the Heroes & Legends attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Harris and Whitson's likenesses, etched in glass and mounted ...

Today marks 39 years since the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, honoring the brave pioneers who lost their lives in space.

On Thursday afternoon, Wright stood by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on display at Kennedy ... machine — protected the space shuttle and its crew from the heat of reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the ... 2011, when Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It had been more than 40 years ...