The astronauts successfully attached a new second-stage rocket ... partnership came on June 27, 1995, when space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir. During this historic ...

NASA used spare parts from its shuttle fleet to create the new orbiter ... the International Space Station. In December 1998, STS-88 rocketed to orbit in search of the Russian Zarya control ...

Ekaterinburg's aviation and military museum complex is preparing to undertake restoration of an orbiter from the Soviet Union ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Buran program, which once involved the hard work of so many talented individuals and so much of the USSR’s treasure, is now a footnote... Here’s What You ...

Endeavor soared around the planet on its way to the shuttle program's penultimate mission to the Russian Mir Space Station.

After working to improve the booster design and creating new management practices to improve safety, NASA relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.

Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986.New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was one of the ...