Dr. Harris stepped out of the space shuttle Discovery in orbit on February 9, 1995, shattering expectations for the brothers ...

Though little is known about Deimos, another European spacecraft recently captured unprecedented views of the moon's far side ...

The Sonex Waiex-B aircraft was built by 2,200 people at AirVenture 2022 and will not be on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center.

More than 2,200 people were part of the aircraft build over the seven-day period, as they could place a rivet and have their ...

In 1995, Harris — physician, astronaut, philanthropist, scuba diver, and author — became the first African American to walk in space. In May, NASA will honor him as the newest member in its Hall of ...

The Lego Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is exclusive to Lego Insiders until May 18, but signing up is entirely free.

After numerous technical delays, not to mention those caused by the Challenger disaster, the space shuttle Discovery finally launched the Hubble on April 24, 1990. The Hubble was designed to be ...

On April 24, 1990, the space shuttle Discovery roared into the sky with Hubble folded inside its cargo bay. A NASA commentator called the telescope “a new window on the universe,” raising expectations ...

In the summer of 1995, Robert Williams, then director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the Hubble Space Telescope 's research program, was paid two visits by the renowned ...

The RS-25s are refurbished engines left over from the Space Shuttle program. During that era, technicians swapped out main engines several times when the shuttle was on the launch pad. NASA ...

Fast forwarding to what we call act two, which was the space shuttle and International Space Station era, it’s kind of ’70s and beyond. The goals changed remarkably. Space flight was too ...

Now, more than a decade later, the U.S. senators from Texas want to relocate space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum to Houston. It would be a political ...