National Space Day Poster Making Ideas: National Space Day is celebrated on August 23 every year to commemorate India’s historic achievement in space exploration with the successful soft landing of ...

It's been 25 years since Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, launched into space aboard the shuttle Discovery. After blasting off on Jan. 22, 1992, Bondar spent eight days orbiting Earth ...

This TV image provided by NASA shows the Space Shuttle Discovery passing over China as it approaches the space station for docking early Wednesday morning. ((Associated Press/NASA)) Space shuttle ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most ...

The space shuttle Discovery headed to the pad yesterday for its last trip into space. The 26-year-old craft has seen a lot in its career, some good, some bad, some odd. Here are five highlights: 5.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, and its crew of seven astronauts – including one Swede – are preparing this weekend to launch on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The ...

Discovery has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for more than a decade. Now, Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn want to bring it to Texas. Reading time 3 minutes The ...