'We’re growing, we’re becoming stronger ': 39 years since Challenger Space Shuttle explosion ...

On January 28, 2025, we reflect on significant events that have shaped our world over the years. One of the most impactful ...

The mission highlighted the shuttle’s unique ability to transport large, complex station components, paving the way for future ISS construction missions. On July 23, 1999, space shuttle Columbia ...

Construction on Endeavour commenced in 1987, using spare parts from Discovery and Atlantis. Final assembly finished in July 1990, and the shuttle was shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in May ...

Construction crews and Science Center officials took part in a “topping-out” ceremony Thursday morning, marking a major step toward completion of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center ...

Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

In 1974, construction of the world’s first space shuttle, known then as Orbital Vehicle-101 (OV-101), began at Rockwell Corporation’s plant in Downey, California. (The city, located in Los ...

The Air Force has spent $2.5 billion to build the space shuttle launch complex. Construction included the pouring of 250,000 cubic yards of concrete — enough to build a 25-mile four lane freeway ...

The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg ... the 747 with a bridge-like crane called a mating facility. Construction included the pouring of 250,000 cubic yards of concrete ...

Ekaterinburg's aviation and military museum complex is preparing to undertake restoration of an orbiter from the Soviet Union ...

From 2005 until 2011, a Space Shuttle would have to perform a backflip, called the R-bar Pitch Manoeuvre or Rendezvous Pitch Manoeuvre (RPM), to allow the crew aboard the International Space ...