Smithsonian warns that dismantling orbiter for relocation is history in the wrecking How would you move Space Shuttle ...

"It's like taking the Washington Monument, sawing it into pieces, and moving it somewhere." The post White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces appeared first on ...

Discovery has been on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for more than a decade. Now, Senators Ted ...

Virginia lawmakers are pushing to stop the White House from relocating the Space Shuttle Discovery to Texas. CHANTILLY, Va. — Could Space Shuttle Discovery be cut into pieces? In a letter sent to ...

U.S. Senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his twice ride to space remain on display in the Smithsonian.

One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as U ...

For a quarter of a century, humans have continuously occupied the International Space Station. Here's a look at how far we've ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger before it exploded has finally made it to space, 31 years after the accident. "It was amazing the ...

In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space Shuttle programme chipped away at one of Nasa's blind spots.

The ISS feels impossibly far at 250 miles up, but lunar missions go 240,000 miles out - over 1000x the distance. It's a ...