NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of testing the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) at NASA’s Stennis Space Center (SSC), which will culminate with an engine test Aug. 11.

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.

The first space shuttle, Enterprise, never made it to space. In fact, Enterprise was not capable of spaceflight; it was built without engines or a heat shield. Nevertheless, it made major ...

Space shuttle Columbia approaches Northrup Strip at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, bringing an end to the STS-3 mission March 30, 1982. (Image credit: NASA) Columbia's legacy.

Yes—and no. Outside Space Center Houston stands Independence, a full-scale shuttle replica mounted atop a real NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. It’s impressive, but it’s not the real thing.

The space shuttle Endeavour began the first part of its journey to its final resting place Thursday, an effort more than a decade in the making after arriving at the California Science Center ...

The space shuttle Endeavour will move into a vertical position at a California museum, complete with solid rocket boosters and fuel tank. Here's what the $400 million project entails.

Get ready for the last big transport of space shuttle equipment to the California Science Center, a two-day spectacle that will traverse seven freeways from the Mojave Desert to South Los Angeles ...