After Challenger reshaped NASA’s risk tolerance, Shuttle-C emerged as a bold plan to replace the orbiter with an uncrewed cargo carrier, using the existing shuttle stack to loft massive payloads for ...

The Space Shuttle-derived Heavy Lift Vehicle is the merely the latest concept that uses the Shuttle external tank and solid rocket boosters to orbit robotic spacecraft or cargo with a side-mounted ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

A concept almost as old as the Space Shuttle itself is being considered as a replacement for NASA's Constellation programme return-to-the-Moon Ares rockets. Above: Artist's impression of a Space ...

NASA's space shuttles are retiring this year, but America has no spaceship to replace them, leaving many to wonder: Why not? After the wheels of the space shuttle roll to a stop for the final time, ...

A tribute to NASA's fallen space heroes is now on display for all to see, including some items for the first time ever since the Challenger and Columbia disasters. It's been nearly 30 years after ...

To alert the public, my colleagues and I formed the Shuttle Advocates Team (SAT), an informal group of mostly retired Rockwell and Boeing engineers, with many years of experience working on the space ...

2007-06-22T15:45:53-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/88e/199313-m.jpgVideo of the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-117 mission to the International Space ...