Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Space Shuttle flew on 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. While the coin’s front displays the series’ Statue of Liberty image, ...

White Sands Missile Range has continued to play a crucial role in supporting U.S. space activities well into the 21st century ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

As NASA’s Artemis program advances following its first crewed mission to the moon April 10, former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar ...

Payload specialists in training for STS-51L take a break in shuttle emergency egress training in 1986. Left to right: Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan. McAuliffe was selected as ...

On the eve of the space shuttle's penultimate flight, NPR's Melissa Block talks with Roger Launius, senior curator for space history at the Air... Shuttle Program Helped Advance Technology MICHELE ...

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...