But just 73 seconds after blast-off, the shuttle burst into flames, leaving a cloud of smoke in the sky before it plummeted ...

Andrew 'Andy' Freed is most well-known for being a Purdue professor, teaching notable classes taken by a large majority of ...

For a brief period in the 1980s, astronauts went untethered outside their space capsule, flying with jet packs. The photos ...

On April 7, 1983, astronauts took the first spacewalk outside of a space shuttle during mission STS-6. This was the maiden ...

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle ...

but ever since she and the crew from the Space shuttle Challenger touched down, Sally Ride has been cruising on *** different kind of high. This morning, the California native received ...