"I see so much of my job as not just telling you a story but taking you somewhere," says the bestselling author of "Daisy ...

A quote attributed to Christa McAuliffe is part of a wall tribute honoring her service as a teacher and astronaut on display ...

NASA has previously been hedging its bets by developing its own heavy launch rocket as well as supporting the development of ...

In a social media post, SpaceX owner Elon Musk said in spite of the explosive endings, the ninth Starship test flight was a ...

SpaceX's latest unmanned Starship launch experienced various hiccups on Tuesday, May 27 and eventually broke up about an hour ...

SpaceX has faced criticism for its previous Starship test failures. Its executives insist that building fast, destroying ...

Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to rise off Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, carrying a load that cannot be weighed with conventional scales. When the seven astronauts ride the ...

NASA funding started in the 1970s, before the space shuttle became operational. After numerous technical delays, not to mention those caused by the Challenger disaster, the space shuttle Discovery ...

NASA administrator James C. Fletcher, who had been appointed to help the agency recover from the Challenger disaster, praised Dr. Lucas for technological achievements of “the highest magnitude ...

William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, has died. Lucas was 102. Lucas died Monday at his home in ...

NASA recently paid tribute to the Challenger crew and other fallen astronauts during its annual Day of Remembrance.

WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan. 28 ...