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

On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the International ...

Challenger: A Shock That Reverberated Globally The Space Shuttle Challenger ... had damaged the shuttle’s wing during launch, compromising its thermal protection system. The tragedy led to ...

2025 coins celebrate Florida's and Texas' advancements in space exploration. The space shuttle and International ... NASA's 30-year space transportation system on its reverse (or tail's side).

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia ... which opened a hole in a shuttle wing that caused the craft to rip apart on ...

On that chilly January day in 1986, students and teachers across the nation waited in awe and wonder, primed to watch and learn from the first teacher in space ... hole in a shuttle wing that ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ... which opened a hole in a shuttle wing that caused the craft to rip apart on ...