Ever wonder why space launch vehicles are called rockets? Learn the origin of the term and how it came to define modern space ...

Read The numbers are notable - 34 years of testing space shuttle main engines at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St ...

Hubble was built with a number of instruments onboard, including the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC), the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS), the Faint Object Camera (FOC), the Faint ...

Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on the STS-49 mission, her maiden voyage. Not only was the mission the first flight for the orbiter, it was especially notable for the first 3-person spacewalk. [...] ...

The mint set noon EDT on Thursday (May 15) as its T-0 for the launch of Florida's dollar celebrating the retired spacecraft.

Going to space is important for scientist so they can understand the galaxy, but what does it cost? Here's the average cost according to NASA.

China's new Haolong space cargo shuttle. See it launch in this animation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Live updates from the Starlink 6-83 mission, which launched at 1:02 a.m. on May 13 from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch ...