A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Discovery ended its career as the world's most flown spaceship Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece. After a ...

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After three decades of space service, NASA's oldest and most travelled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic Tuesday with one final takeoff. Discovery ...

Space shuttle Discovery landed safely in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Wednesday, closing the final chapter on a long and storied flying career. After travelling through the Earth's atmosphere and ...

The space shuttle Discovery is going on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum just outside Washington, D.C., this week after taking one last flight atop its a modified ...

The final launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been postponed until February 2011. The shuttle launch is now tentatively scheduled for around Feb. 3, Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate ...