It was the USSR’s answer to the Space Shuttle - a ghostly twin, built in secrecy and launched only once. The Buran was a marvel of Soviet engineering - fully automated, reusable, and tragically ...

The ultimate Florida welcome committee: a space shuttle model and rocket engine greeting visitors outside the museum. Space exploration’s version of a garden gnome! Photo credit: American Space Museum ...

On a hot summer afternoon, a crew of astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center sporting their blue NASA flight suits -- ready to fly to the International Space Station this coming week.

This Space Shuttle nose wheel carried astronauts safely back to Earth—talk about pressure-filled performance! Photo credit: American Space Museum & Walk of Fame The displays include flight manuals ...

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An Opera Takes A.I., Pronatalism and Hustle Culture to Space Jennifer Walshe and Mark O’Connell’s ideas-heavy “Mars” premieres at the Irish National Opera.

Short interview with Michael Nelmes about his recent article on the Buran shuttle. Barack Obama responds to Donald Trump's Russia "treason" threats Prince William and Harry’s cousin found dead ...

During the week, the children participated in activities including rocket construction and launch, water activities, a simulated space shuttle mission, Mars mission simulators, manned maneuvering ...

A passion for space exploration influenced how one family set the dinner table ...

Listen in for a private tour of the revamped National Air and Space Museum with director Chris Browne who speaks to Aviation Week’s Joe Anselmo.

Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them Makenzie Lystrup's departure from Goddard comes soon after the resignation of the director of JPL.