A new book and documentary from James Bluemel tells the story of the space race so far in photographs, a mix of images from ...

The former NASA astronaut and the agency’s 14th administrator says it’s not a matter of if we go to the Red Planet — but when ...

Discovery, the showpiece of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space ...

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...

Kennedy Space Center is a top field trip choice for Central Florida schools offering a mix of history, science and fun.

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was reentering Earth's atmosphere after a two-week routine mission when it ...

Eileen Collins reflects on her time as the first female not only to pilot but also command a spacecraft. Here's her ...

With airplane wings and rocket power, the space shuttle changed how we reached space. Here’s how its three iconic parts ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be ...

Space Coast Office of Tourism data shows overnight visitors who primarily travel to Brevard County to see a launch spend an average of $231 per day.

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight.

One of the foundational pearls of wisdom that authors often offer fledgling writers is that success in penning fiction has ...