Space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in flames over Texas minutes before it was to land in Florida. TV footage showed what appeared to be falling debris, as Nasa declared an emergency and warned ...

Space shuttle Columbia launched STS-109 on March 1, with the primary goal of delivering and installing the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Hubble's ACS replaced the aging FOC, adding 10 times ...

Space missions are all about precision and planning… or at least, they’re supposed to be. But even in the vast, high-tech world of outer space, things don’t always go as planned. Over the ...

Then, due to the loss of Challenger in January 1986 and the ensuing pause of the space shuttle program, Hubble would wait yet another five years before reaching orbit. Hubble was built with a ...

WASHINGTON — German startup Atmos Space Cargo says it considers the first flight of its reentry vehicle a success despite limited data on how it performed during reentry. Atmos Space Cargo flew ...

After the former American Idol judge headed into space alongside Gayle King, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez, and three others on a Blue Origin flight, her former colleague shared his ...

Their space shuttle was a Hollywood creation ... they were taken on a helicopter night flight. But instead they spent hours circling the UK on a route designed to avoid populated areas and ...