When it comes to missed opportunities in spaceflight, few projects sting as much as the Lockheed Star Clipper and its ev ...

Reaching Earth’s orbit is a complex, high-stakes engineering challenge, and the Space Shuttle was one of the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to do it. This video explores the nine-minute ...

While one is preparing for another launch, two former NASA astronauts were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Deemed an “engineering marvel,” the first of five winged orbiters — the space shuttle Columbia — made its inaugural flight in 1981. Twenty-two years and 28 trips to space later ...

Space Shuttle Columbia tragically broke apart during ... She worked on the Launch Services program, served as an assistant Chief Engineer for Ares I-X Ground Systems, and supported the STS Chief ...

But despite falling short of even cruising altitude in a commercial jet, the entire history of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program piggybacked on the engineering breakthroughs made by this maiden ship ...

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University is partnering with Canopy Aerospace to test next-generation materials.

Klaus has supported Space Shuttle launches, played an active role in dozens of ... After high school, he earned an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University and, ...

As part of the 20th annual remembrance of the space shuttle Columbia, students got a chance to work with real engineers from NASA and Boeing. This week marks two decades since the Space Shuttle ...

Students gathered around model space shuttles ... t like to hear safety concerns from lower-level engineers. After the Columbia disaster, shuttle flights were again grounded.