I’ve always been a huge fan of NASA’s concept art—sometimes you need to see what the future might be like to get sufficiently hyped. Missions to space often involve cameras that document ...

This Ambitious Space Shuttle Concept Was a Post-Apollo Pipe Dream We Never Got The Space Shuttle was cool. But you should see one of the design concepts that preceded it.

When the spaceplane’s landing gear struck the runway on July 21, 2011, it marked the end of the line for the Space Shuttle. An incredible accomplishment in its own right, the shuttle project was ...

The space shuttle Discovery performs a 360-degree flip in 2009 in a handout image from NASA taken by the International Space Station's crew. Discovery operated from 1984 to 2011. NASA/Getty Images ...

The space shuttle concept was a remarkable pivot: Reusable, winged orbiters would take off strapped to rockets, sail through Earth’s orbit and glide to an airplane-esque runway landing.

Visual artists of the US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) often create stunning concept art that can leave you mesmerised. Here are some of them. Photo Credits: NASA ...

The space shuttle Discovery performs a 360-degree flip in 2009 in a handout image from NASA taken by the International Space Station's crew. Discovery operated from 1984 to 2011. NASA/Getty Images ...

The space shuttle project was forged in the optimism of NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the moon and bested America’s Soviet rivals during the Cold War.

(CNN) — Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It ...