When it comes to missed opportunities in spaceflight, few projects sting as much as the Lockheed Star Clipper and its ev ...

Much of the later technical art was based ... Ever seen a space shuttle with jet engines? No? NASA The jet engines actually stuck around on the shuttle concept for some time until they were ...

Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program ... that would plunge back home from space and parachute to an ocean landing. The space shuttle concept was a remarkable pivot: Reusable, winged ...

This concept art shows two Apollo 13 astronauts exploring the surface of the moon. Photo Credits: NASA/Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical This artist's concept shows astronauts and their habitats on Mars.

the SpaceX Falcon 9 is a reusable rocket that can launch a payload to space, and then land itself, all to be used again—a ...

What if we told you the federal branch reaching out to the gearhead crowd wasn’t even the Department of Transportation, but actually NASA ... nascent shuttle design into the later space age.