The choice of the Boeing 747 as the primary aircraft to ferry the Space Shuttle orbiter was a decision rooted in the jumbo ...

Three Texas Republicans urged the Justice Department to investigate their allegations that the Smithsonian broke lobbying law.

A fter more than two decades of spaceflight, the Space Shuttle Endeavour NASA’s youngest orbiter—completed its final mission in 2011. Having traveled over 120 million miles across 25 missions since ...

Thirteen years ago today, the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which sent Houston-trained astronauts to space 25 times across 19 years of service, made a final lap over the skies of Houston, strapped to the ...

This collection consists of the following twenty-two 16mm films relating to the Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101: 747/F-104 Shuttle Orbiter Launch Simulation; Orbiter/747 Separation (Wind ...

Discovery, the showpiece of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space ...

A space shuttle flying low on the back of a plane is a sight to behold. When NASA's Discovery was ferried over Washington DC this morning, Twitter was flooded with photos of the spectacle. The staff ...