A new space shuttle exhibit has opened at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Visitors may “climb aboard” the mock-up of the shuttle to see a Crew Compartment Trainer hundreds of astronauts ...

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...

There's a new effort underway to convince NASA to donate one of the retired space shuttles to the Air Force museum. Senator Sherrod Brown and Representative Mike Turner are sending a letter to NASA ...

T minus 10 - the acoustic shock absorption system starts - a huge fountain of water cascades from underneath the launch pad. Its role is to absorb the sound waves that come from the exhaust of the ...

(TNS) — It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit ...

Bringing a retired space shuttle to Dayton could boost the local economy. The Dayton Daily News is following this story with in-depth coverage you can’t get anywhere else. Today, we look at Ohio’s ...

NASA Astronaut John Fabian at Kennedy Space Center previewing the last Shuttle mission. July 2011. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – ...