Science Space NASA US Mint releases Space Shuttle $1 gold coin The iconic NASA transport represents Florida in the ongoing American Innovation Series. By Andrew Paul Published May 15, 2025 2:43 PM EDT ...

From television episodes dedicated to explaining the accident to children, to space education centers being built in its memory, the Challenger, and those on board, have never been forgotten. Here is ...

Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and ...

Space Center Houston, which would be responsible for hosting the shuttle, was not even told about the legislation before it was filed. NASA, too, is not a willing party.

More NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display in Houston, if two lawmakers from Texas get their way. U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted ...

Houston, we might get a shuttle. On Thursday Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz introduced the Bring Space Shuttle Discovery Home Act, a bill ...

After NASA’s Space Shuttles were retired in 2010, they were eventually sent to museums in Florida, California, New York, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia. But Texas ...

The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – Houston. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans ...

More than 80,000 pieces were brought to Barksdale Air Force Base then taken to the Kennedy Space Center. Engineers estimate that roughly 40% of the 165,000 pound shuttle has been recovered.

The "Forever Remembered" exhibit at Kennedy Space Center still stands today, memorializing the seven astronauts lost in the Challenger disaster and the seven others who would be lost in the ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended ...

It was the morning of Jan. 28, the day of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Icicles formed on the launch pad and service tower in the evening and early morning hours on January 28, 1986.