The Space Shuttle was a groundbreaking achievement in aerospace engineering—combining the power of a rocket with the ...

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spacecraft has taken a significant step toward operational missions. The uncrewed spaceplane ...

Sierra Space's "mini shuttle" Dream Chaser space plane may make its maiden flight in May after launching atop a rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Pre-flight testing continues at NASA ...

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...

Start by owning your Microsoft apps Freshen your space ... and discovery. As we reflect on the Challenger mission 39 years later, we want to know what memories you have of the shuttle, its crew ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

After working to improve the booster design and creating new management practices to improve safety, NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.

The temperature was predicted to be a record low for a Space Shuttle launch ... It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding ...

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“It’s the Space Shuttle Challenger ... us the capacity for genuine empathy and compassion. This was no small discovery. These are qualities, I think, that help make our lives worth living.