The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...

Jared Isaacman will lead NASA as it sends astronauts around the moon and hopes to launch a space telescope to study dark ...

One way or another, we’re going to make sure Johnson Space Center gets its historic spacecraft right where it belongs.” ...

The space shuttle Atlantis on Friday successfully launched for the last time and is now zooming toward the International Space Station for a 12-day mission that will bring NASA's 30-year shuttle ...

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

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Shannon Airport has had many eye-catching visitors over the years. But the prospect of a NASA space shuttle hurtling towards ...

It looks like SpaceX is really running the show this week when it comes to getting stuff into orbit. They’ve got a packed schedule, and if you’re a fan of watching rockets go up, you’re in luck. It’s ...

Another member of the safety panel, Mark Sirangelo, said NASA should formally declare mishaps and close calls as soon as possible. “It allows for the investigative team to be starting to be formed a ...