The 17th launch of the space shuttle took place 40 years ago today, kicking off the Spacelab 3 mission (STS-51B). [...] ...

On April 29, 1985, the European Space Agency's Spacelab launched on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51B. This was ...

OREGON, Ohio — The Challenger Learning Center of Lake Erie West's Heather Townley said she was happy to hear six women were headed into space for a historic event during Monday's Blue Origin ...

Recording herself nearby and inside the shuttle on Monday morning UK time, Perry shared a video of the interior of the Blue Origin training shuttle as she expressed her excitement for the mission. In ...

But while many are aware of his connection to space studies at Purdue, few know that he played a significant role in the creation of the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger — and its aftermath.

It was 28 January 1986, and the Space Shuttle Challenger was gearing up for take off. The crew had been taken twenty stories up the launch tower in a lift, with all seven members dressed in their ...

President Ronald Reagan immortalized those words when he addressed the nation on the night of Jan. 28, 1986, paying tribute to the seven crew members who lost their lives when the Space Shuttle ...

The story of the doomed Challenger spacecraft and how it came to its gruesome demise features a tragic sequence of events and heartbreaking final words from those on board. It was 28 January 1986, and ...

The International Space Station and a space shuttle, as seen here, joined other historic spacecraft and scenes from space history as part of a student-led drone show for the opening of the Space ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin Holden Platt writes on space defense, SpaceX, ISS, Space War I ...

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This was the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Challenger. The goal of this mission was to deploy the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-1. NASA now uses a whole fleet of these ...