For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

February 18th has been a significant date throughout history, marking a variety of events that have shaped the world. In a ...

NASA is extremely unlikely to build a new space shuttle to replace Columbia, leaving the space agency with the three remaining orbiters as its entire fleet for the foreseeable future. The next ...

“In addition to rededicating the trees that were planted in ‘03, we’re going to dedicate two new trees for the ... to preserve the legacy of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its STS-107 ...

Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986.New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was one of the ...

The explosion led to the grounding of the Space Shuttle fleet for nearly three years, during which various safety measures, solid rocket booster redesign and a new policy on management decision ...

SEATTLE — Evening Reads is Northwest authors telling us about their books in their own words. Most folks know this man as the ...

The man who led a NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion has died.

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new ...