NASA is adding a spacecraft docking test to its Artemis moon program before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling the flagship U.S. moon effort amid mounting ...

In 1985, Ellison Onizuka became the first Hawaii-born astronaut to fly into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Onizuka, a Hawaii Island native, died a year later with the crew of the Challenger ...

The Space Shuttle had no engines on landing, no go-around, and no second chance, so NASA built a bizarre solution. By converting a Gulfstream II into the Shuttle Training Aircraft, astronauts could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space.

Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry. Columbia was just 16 minutes from landing at the Kennedy Space Center, when Mission ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Tyler doctor’s photo landed him in the history books when he captured one of our nation’s tragedies. Dr. Scott Lieberman captured the space Shuttle Columbia breakup, an image ...

(CNN) - Wednesday marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. It was a moment of collective grief on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle exploded during a live broadcast.

Four of the astronauts selected for the Space Shuttle Challenger mission in 1986 sit in the shuttle mission simulator (SMS). From left to right: Michael J. Smith, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all 7 crew members. Among the seven crew members were 5 NASA astronauts, as well as a payload specialist ...

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...