Today's shuttle launch has been postponed, but two and a half years after seven astronauts died when the space Shuttle Columbia came apart on re-entry, the success of Discovery could be crucial to ...

Jared Isaacman will lead NASA as it sends astronauts around the moon and hopes to launch a space telescope to study dark ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Since 2012, the space shuttle Discovery has been the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill introduced Thursday could help bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back home to Texas. “The first word spoken from the moon was ‘Houston.’ To honor that legacy, it’s long overdue ...

On Independence Day, President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping 900-page spending bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” that carries a surprise for space enthusiasts: $85 million earmarked ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home to the Houston area from Virginia. The bill, which the ...

A new front has opened in the battle over space shuttle Discovery, and the fight has made its way to the Justice Department. The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Its decades-long mission accomplished, space shuttle Discovery headed home to retirement after undocking from the International Space Station on Monday for the last time.