Once that Starship is captured and SpaceX engineers examine it, Space Center Houston would seem to be the perfect place to ...

Donald Trump’s choice of Jared Isaacman to lead NASA has already reshaped one of the most emotional debates in space policy: ...

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the architects of the Discovery moving plan, said that Isaacman is on board.

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit Sunday evening, setting off on a space station construction mission cut short by launch delays that dragged on for more than a month.

A Soviet cosmonaut, he spent 362 days in flight on three missions. He returned 18 years later on a U.S. shuttle to the Mir space station. By Sam Roberts Mr. Hartsfield, who logged 483 hours in space, ...

HOUSTON – Space shuttle Discovery’s astronauts got some happy news Sunday: It’s safe to fly home.Mission Control informed the crew of six that the ship’s thermal shielding is “100 percent cleared for ...

Shuttle spotter Tina Paul snapped this amazing close-up of Discovery soaring over the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Md., on April 17, 2012 as ...

This story was updated at 12:17 p.m. EST. Now that NASA's space shuttle Discovery has returned to Earth for the final time, it will begin preparations for another long journey — the road to retirement ...

NASA is now aiming for a Dec. 3 launch for the space shuttle Discovery's final voyage, after a month of delays, malfunctions and subsequent repairs. If all goes well, Discovery should be ready to ...

Discovery's crew used highly sensitive cameras attached to a 50-foot boom Wednesday to carefully examine the space shuttle for any signs of damage from the previous day's launch. Nothing serious was ...