The Space Shuttle era ended with Atlantis’s final flight on July 21, 2011, closing a major chapter in space exploration. For ...

Charles “Sam” Gemar, a retired NASA astronaut, visited Heritage Manor in Elm Creek, Manitoba, yesterday to share stories of space and science. Over coffee and cookies, around 35 residents gathered in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA called off Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after detecting problems with a pair of fuel gauges in its big external tank, a recurring problem ...

Located in Merritt Island on Florida's east coast, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is only a 45 minute drive from Orlando International Airport and a 25 minute drive from Cape Canaveral. It’s a ...

On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the ...

Last Launch is a stunning photographic tribute to America's space shuttle program. Dan Winters was one of only a handful of photographers to whom NASA gave close-range access to photograph the last ...

I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...

Got a Space Nerd in your car, then you have to visit a NASA site. NASA Visitor Centers are scattered across the U.S. and are ...

SpaceX seeks regulatory permissions to start launching Starship-Super Heavy rocket systems from Launch Complex 37 at Cape ...

The Smithsonian could lose the iconic space shuttle Discovery to Texas as part of President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill.

Titusville, Florida isn’t just a dot on the Space Coast map—it’s that rare blend of small-town charm and cosmic significance where you can watch actual spacecraft launch into the great beyond while ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into space for the last time on the STS-135 mission. STS-135 was the 33rd flight of Atlantis, as well as the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program, ...