You can now own a $1 gold coin celebrating one of America’s most revolutionary achievements: the NASA Space Shuttle program.

The mint set noon EDT on Thursday (May 15) as its T-0 for the launch of Florida's dollar celebrating the retired spacecraft.

The Shuttle's orbital capabilities relied on a balance of brute force and finesse. This video showcases the propulsion ...

Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and ...

The Lego Shuttle Carrier Aircraft model isn’t the only cool space-themed Lego set up for grabs. Other sets based on aerospace vehicles are also available, such as the Lego Icons: NASA Space ...

China's new Haolong space cargo shuttle. See it launch in this animation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central ...

1/7 The Space Shuttle Enterprise debuted in 1976 and was used by NASA to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from atop a specially modified Boeing 747. It lacked engines and a ...

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 ...

the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 1990. Since it orbits above the Earth, it can capture better cosmic images ...

tucked onboard the space shuttle Discovery, blasted off Earth into history. The next day a robotic arm tipped the telescope into orbit from the shuttle’s cargo bay. Within a month Hubble had ...