NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the ...

The Space Shuttle was an engineering marvel that changed the face of space exploration, and understanding how it launched is key to appreciating the complexity of this incredible spacecraft. From ...

There is a long process to get the Space Shuttle into orbit around the Earth, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space Center ...

Live updates from the launch of the Ax-4 mission. The long delayed Axiom Space Mission 4 crew lifted off at 2:31 a.m. on June ...

Jan. 28, 1986, was the day NASA’s carefully cultivated image literally blew up at 46,000 feet.

There's truly nothing else like a space shuttle launch. Watching a massive space-faring vessel make its way beyond Earth's atmosphere into the embrace of outer space, in many cases carrying a crew ...

Our multi award-winning podcast returns on 14 July 2025 with: 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle. Presented by space ...

The shuttle main engines were designed in the 1970s, ahead of the first shuttle launch in 1981. In the 1990s and 2000s, NASA built a new series of upgraded engines with higher thrust and improved ...

"The shuttle payload to ISS is less than to LEO, 16,050 kg, so its cost is also higher at $93,400/kg," adds the space agency. Overall, NASA estimates that the net cost of space station launch ...

Space Launch Delta 45 now projects 107 rockets will launch during 2025. ... and people would line the roads and they'd watch the shuttle go up. Night launches were particularly spectacular.

Yes—and no. Outside Space Center Houston stands Independence, a full-scale shuttle replica mounted atop a real NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. It’s impressive, but it’s not the real thing.