The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration.

The Buran spacecraft was a space shuttle developed by the Soviet Union in response to NASA's space shuttle program. Buran, which means “snowstorm” in Russian, flew one time. NASA's space ...

China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station. As Space.com reports, the project — dubbed Haolong — recently won the state ...

“The Haolong space cargo shuttle is a winged aircraft with an aerodynamic design featuring a large wingspan and a high lift-to-drag ratio,” Fang Yuanpeng, chief designer of Haolong, told China ...

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China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station. As Space.com reports, the project — dubbed Haolong — recently won the state-owned ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

Discovery Liftoff U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, heading for the International Space Station. The world's first reusable spacecraft, the space ...

They also saw an imprint from the rocket exhaust when Surveyor 6 lifted off. Surveyor 6 showed that spacecraft could land on the moon, and lift off again. Less than two years later, humans did the ...

The next time astronauts were in space for Thanksgiving was in 1985; this time, they indulged in festive foods. After launching into space aboard space shuttle ... Jones on Columbia’s middeck ...