On February 4, 1995, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery launched an itty bitty satellite called an Orbital Debris ...

the oldest shuttle astronaut, back into space. Glenn, an original Mercury 7 astronaut and the first American to orbit Earth had previously flown on Friendship 7 in 1962. The STS-95 mission ...

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new ...

At that point, the vehicle is to de-orbit and execute a safe return to Earth, likely at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Runway.

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

The secret behind how the International Space Station remains in orbit can be traced all the way back to the genius of Sir Isaac Newton. The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our ...

The primary manufacturer of the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, made a sudden announcement on Friday that it was ...

Located in Rockledge, a NASA-contracted space company, ETA Space, hopes LoxSat can change how spacecraft are powered ...

Sierra Space officials announced the autonomous spacecraft successfully completed and passed testing milestones in ...

Current guidelines from NASA recommend that space debris should be left in orbit for no more than 25 years. However, the current X-37B tests aim to cut this time to five years .

On this day in history, the Challenger space shuttle exploded, killing all seven inside. On Jan. 28, 1986, an explosion took ...