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

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

Moving the Discovery from Virginia to Texas could be risky for the fragile craft. After the space shuttle Discovery made its ...

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 ...

A new political fight has erupted over whether the Space Shuttle Discovery should remain in Virginia or be relocated to Houston.

The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile. Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia — is the subject of a ...

A former NASA astronaut turned US senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his two rides to space remain on display in the Smithsonian. “Why should hundreds of millions of taxpayer ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is asking the Department of Justice to investigate the Smithsonian Institution for potential lobbying ...

As SpaceX's Starship successfully completes its 11th test flight, take a look at the world's largest rockets ever built.