The H.R.1 spending bill Trump signed Friday that expands mass deportations, cuts social services, and stalls clean energy ...

The Space Needle features the world's first and only rotating glass floor - and due to a viral video, some people are worried ...

A NASA astronaut captured a fascinating weather phenomenon that still has scientists scratching their heads. Nichole Ayers is ...

I would much rather see that money invested in NASA’s science program,” said Garrett Reisman, who flew on Discovery as a ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery would move to Texas under President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, according to Sen.

This article delves into this niche yet transformative application, offering fact-based insights into how high-silica fiber ...

Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and ...

More NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display in Houston, if two lawmakers from Texas get their way. U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted ...

Returning to Earth is one of the most dangerous phases of spaceflight, and the Space Shuttle was built to endure it like no other vehicle before. As it re-entered the atmosphere at Mach 25, the ...

The tiles themselves are 95 percent air and 5 percent silica glass, which is made from sand. The tiles are easily dented — even a raindrop could crack one when the shuttle is traveling at high ...

Initially scheduled for liftoff in January 1999, the Space Shuttle Discovery finally launched on July 25, 2005 as NASA spent years researching and implementing safety upgrades for the spacecraft.

Over 24,000, six-by-six-inch (15-by-15-cm) silica-fiber tiles had to be applied to the under surface of the Shuttle. Each one of these had to be made by hand using molds and heating them to 2,350 ...