On March 13, 2025, the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California, will serve as the backdrop for a momentous occasion as Ethel L. Lee, affectionately known as “Space Shuttle Ethel,” ...

Eight years before the Boeing Starliner suffered glitches, leaving her stranded on the International Space Station for nine ...

Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams finally returned to Earth after her prolonged nine-month stay at the International Space ...

The America-Russia cooperation in space saw NASA astronauts transported by Soyuz to Mir for long-term stay and returning by ...

Did you know that Sunita Williams wanted to be a vet? This extract tells us how she finally became the brave and inspiring ...

"The NASA Life of Ethel Lee" is currently on display at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey. It's a Women's History ...

After nine months in space ... and Columbia exploded shortly after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere in 2003. Those two catastrophes drove the impression that the shuttle would never be truly ...

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

Nineteen years of development and research led to the first space shuttle, Columbia, in 1981. Columbia and subsequent four, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour, carried out 135 missions ...