On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle Columbia safely touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...

Unlike the fictional U.S.S. Enterprise from the Star Trektelevision series, the real-life space shuttle that shared the same name never made it to the final frontier. Fifty years ago, on Sept. 17, ...

Gayle Anderson reports the California Science Center announcement that the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, the permanent home of Space Shuttle Endeavour, will soon be ready to launch, with an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space ...

A Long Island kid who loved Charlie Brown and the New York Mets would one day repair the Hubble Space Telescope.