One moment occurred in 1984 when NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human to spacewalk or float free from any earthly anchor when he stepped out of the space shuttle Challenger and ...

On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill introduced Thursday could help bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back home to Texas. “The first word spoken from the moon was ‘Houston.’ To honor that legacy ...

Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are blaming political favoritism for what they call a decades-old snub—and now they’re pushing to bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back to Houston Both ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery is the back drop as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence chairs the 6th meeting of the National Space Council on "Leading the Next Frontier" at the National Air and Space ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax ...

HOUSTON — 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. The bill ...

Since 2012, the space shuttle Discovery has been the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax ...

the ‘Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act" would move the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia back to Houston. The Space Shuttle Discovery is the only one of the four shuttles still owned by the ...