The Space Shuttle Orbiter was a revolutionary spacecraft that changed the way we think about space exploration. Designed for ...

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space ...

Meet the Conroy Virtus—an audacious plan to merge two B-52 bombers into a colossal aircraft capable of carrying and launching ...

I called senior Pentagon officials twice and raised the issue with staff at the National Security Council. I noted it was ...

NASA’s latest hot-fire of RS-25 engine No. 20001 roared for the full 500-second launch profile, proving it can blast the ...

Dozens of NASA's spaceflight missions that launched from Florida could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.

PROMONTORY, Utah—Northrop Grumman and NASA on June 26 conducted the first test of its Booster Obsolescence Life Extension ...

NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on ...

Live updates from the launch of the Ax-4 mission. The long delayed Axiom Space Mission 4 crew lifted off at 2:31 a.m. on June ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, and when she died in 2012, her obituary publicly revealed that she was gay. KCRW hears from her partner Tam O’Shaughnessy, plus the director of the ...

The space shuttle made its final flight in July 2011. NASA had signed a Commercial Crew contract with SpaceX for Falcon 9 and Dragon and with Boeing for Starliner.