On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle Columbia safely touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

Boeing gave people the gift of easy flight, then helped U.S. troops in combat before reaching for the stars during the race for space.

It was 1972 and Apollo astronauts Harrison "Jack" Schmitt and Eugene Cernan had just stepped onto the moon's surface to begin ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. The crew of NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission will splash back down to Earth on April 10, 2026, in their Orion spacecraft. While splashdown can ...

The crew landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego shortly after 8 p.m. ET, following a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s ...

Watch live: Artemis II crew heads back to Earth on final day of mission After being in microgravity during their 10-day mission, the crew will undergo medical evaluations, complete an “obstacle course ...

The Artemis II astronauts have faced down numerous dangers on their historic moon mission — including white-knuckling through liftoff on April 1 as their rocket burned through millions of gallons of ...

As NASA fought to catch up to the Soviet Union in the space race, they selected a Navy veteran as the first astronaut. But ...

This image was captured on Oct. 2, 2013 on the 411th sol, or Mars day, of the Curiosity rover's mission on the planet. On the ...

Construction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at California Science Center has been completed after four years, offering the public new exhibit spaces and the permanent home for Space Shuttle ...

Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center by ZGF Architects. Image © Mike Kelley In contrast to the brick cladding of the existing building, the Samuel Oschin Air and Space ...