The Space Shuttle was a groundbreaking achievement in aerospace engineering—combining the power of a rocket with the ...

What happens when an aircraft is built to carry the future of Soviet space missions? The Antonov An-225, the world’s largest ...

Pontiac-based program relied on big cubic inches to help usher America’s nascent shuttle design into the later space age.

From Cape Canaveral to Mission Control, these awe-inspiring spots should be on every intergalactic aficionado’s must-visit ...

Sierra Space's "mini shuttle" Dream Chaser space plane may make its maiden flight in May after launching atop a rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Pre-flight testing continues at NASA ...

The SR-71 Blackbird has several features that make it unique, one of which is a windshield that's specially made for the ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...

Late Tuesday afternoon, Elon Musk put out a message on X saying that President Donald Trump had asked him to return the two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been on the space station since ...

Mark Kelly (D-AZ) pushed back against President Donald Trump’s argument that DEI policies played a role in the recent plane crash near ... particularly like with space shuttle Columbia, you ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. On Jan. 28, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed a grieving nation after the ...