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 ...

Even still, according to a letter from the Smithsonian to Congress, the institute has been asked to work with NASA to prepare ...

Sean Duffy, the acting NASA Administrator, discusses the future of space exploration including putting a man on Mars.

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

For a quarter of a century, humans have continuously occupied the International Space Station. Here's a look at how far we've ...

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

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move ...