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

I t never went into space, but a full-size original space shuttle design prototype built in 1972 as part of Rockwell International's ultimately successful bid to build NASA's shuttles made a ...

The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA's famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – ...

Crowds gathered along the streets of Downey on Thursday to catch sight of a full-size original space shuttle prototype named the “Inspiration” being transported. The model was built in 1972 as ...

"The space shuttle was designed to be a very heavy ... The Air Force ordered the first prototype, the X-40A, from Boeing in 1996. When it came time to produce the next iteration, the X-37A drop ...

NASA's Space Shuttle successfully reached orbit during ... SpaceX has run into serious issues trying to get a prototype upper stage launched into orbit, then reenter the atmosphere and make ...

Since 2009, NASA has invested more than $200 million in spacesuit development, recently unveiling the xEMU prototype ... 18 suits were developed for the Space Shuttle program in 1974 and have ...

Space Forge will ship its prototype manufacturing satellite in the coming weeks from an industrial park in the city to the US, where it will be sent into orbit on a SpaceX rocket. Sky News was ...

Testing a small-scale prototype of the space paper airplane ... airplane made of specially-coated paper and folded like a space shuttle was placed in a Mach 7 airflow inside the University of ...

Whether helping astronauts enter Earth orbit, walk on the moon, pilot a space shuttle, or travel to Mars ... The Z-2 is the newest prototype, with a bubble helmet, hard upper torso, rear-entry ...