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Kazakhstan is turning decommissioned space sites into glamping spots, museums and family-friendly tourism hubs.View on ...
A short, interactive slide is one of several attractions and exhibits, highlighted by the full-stack Space Shuttle Endeavour, ...
As we reflect on the Challenger mission, 39 years later we want to know, what memories do you have of the shuttle, its crew, and/or that day in particular? Where were you when you first learned ...
The massive tax and immigration bill moving through Congress would transfer the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to a museum in Houston.
The Space Shuttle’s iconic design (including the image displayed on the new $1 coins) frequently featured not just the shuttle itself, but its large external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters.
Carter saved NASA’s space shuttle program — giving the country perhaps its most iconic and recognizable space vehicle.
A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with ...
Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and send it to Houston for display.
The space center will be part of a 12.8-acre parcel where construction crews plan to complete in early 2026 the Downey Space Shuttle Exhibit and Education Building to serve as a larger science ...
Unlike NASA’s Space Shuttle, China’s reusable Haolong spacecraft will be uncrewed. It will be designed to cut the cost of transporting cargo to and from China’s Tiangong space station.
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...
Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home to the Houston area from Virginia.