The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

T minus 10 - the acoustic shock absorption system starts - a huge fountain of water cascades from underneath the launch pad. Its role is to absorb the sound waves that come from the exhaust of the ...

The components used to launch the Artemis II astronauts into space are truly massive. Here's how NASA moves those parts around the country.

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, on Jan. 28, 1986. All seven ...

The 13th Industrial Days took place on 28 and 29 April at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen. They are organised annually by the German Space Agency at DLR and the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion. Key ...

It's been 14 years since the Space Shuttle Endeavour flew its final mission. With construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center nearing completion, the shuttle now has a permanent home in Los ...

'This is the first step in the six-month process of creating the world's only authentic ready-to-launch space shuttle stack.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Eleven years after the meticulous and monumental transportation of Space Shuttle Endeavour along the streets of Los Angeles, another piece of the puzzle will make its way to the California Science ...

A spacecraft is a metaphor of national inspiration: majestic, technologically advanced, produced at dear cost and entrusted with precious cargo, rising above the constraints of the earth. The ...