It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

I was 20 years old and a member of the 7th Cavalry near the DMZ in South Korea when the first Space Shuttle was launched in 1981. The launch took place, not intentionally, on the 20th anniversary ...

TV viewers witnessed a tragedy in the skies above Florida. America lost is favorite astronaut-teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Boeing executive Mark Nappi had been the face of the company's Starliner program during its beleaguered Crew Flight Test to ...

As a physician and retired astronaut, I share the concern of countless Canadians regarding the current crisis in our health ...

Shuttle fleet's Spacelab debut ... During this 10-day mission, the six-person crew collaborated with the European Space Agency to conduct experiments that demonstrated the shuttle's potential ...

Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was lost shortly after liftoff in 1986. NASA used spare parts from its shuttle fleet to create the new orbiter. Endeavour ...

The shuttle fleet was grounded again for more than two ... The ages of astronauts are shown here for each year when people flew to space. The width of each blob represents the number of fliers ...

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Space, the final frontier, is notoriously difficult to explore. While several ventures ...