On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. During mission STS-125, astronauts installed two new instruments on the ...

In 1988, NASA started making MAGs — Maximum Absorbency Garments — for all its astronauts, said Kiona N. Smith, author of Peeing and Pooping in Space. The MAG uses a highly absorbent polymer compound ...

Check out scenes from Project Kuiper’s first mission, including during launch and inside Mission Control as the first ...

The space shuttle may no longer be in active service, but you can keep the dream alive with a new Lego set that features two ...

This 2,417-piece kit recreates a modified Boeing 747, which was used to ferry NASA Space Shuttle orbiters from landing sites ...

It’s slightly smaller than the 2,354-piece Discovery set that debuted in 2021, but Lego’s new Space Shuttle Enterprise is ...

On May 18, 2025, Lego will release the new Shuttle Carrier Aircraft kit that celebrates the storied space shuttle Enterprise ...

A nationwide contest of sorts called the Teacher In Space Project was held by NASA and received more than 11,000 applications. New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to travel on the ...

Glasgow comedy legend Grado has reprised his viral Ally McCoist impression to help launch Glasgow's first fully electric bus shuttle route.

At 70, NASA astronaut Don Pettit defied age during a 220-day ISS mission, finding weightlessness rejuvenating. Celebrating ...

the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 1990. Since it orbits above the Earth, it can capture better cosmic images ...