NASA. On February 7, 1984, Bruce McCandless II slipped out of space shuttle Challenger and became something no human had ever ...

Linda Godwin, a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions, knows what it’s like to spend a significant time in space. She chalked up more than 38 days in orbit. She carried ...

NASA has received a heavily modified Boeing 777-200ER, its largest airborne science laboratory to date, replacing the retired DC-8 after nearly 40 years of service. Delivered ahead of schedule by ...

Few who witnessed NASA's Challenger Space Shuttle launch will ever forget the moment it broke apart just 73 seconds after liftoff, claiming the lives of all seven crew members. A minor design flaw in ...

Eileen Collins made history as the first female pilot and commander of a space mission. The four-time space traveler has now landed in theaters with the documentary “Spacewoman,” which is making its ...

When David J.X. Gonzalez thinks about the places that have most shaped his life, he remembers the 18-mile stretch of sand ...

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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 ...

After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. By Kenneth Chang Source: NASA AROW. The Artemis II ...

People hug as they watch a live broadcast of the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth at the San Diego Air and Space Museum during a watch party for the crew's splash down in the Pacific ...