NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts.

Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human spaceflight remains a difficult business.

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, specifically three rocket engines that have previously flown on space shuttle missions.

On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA was once again dealing with tragedy when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry.

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida, may not be relocated to Houston for display.

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in space. The accident instantly killed all seven astronauts on board. This was the second fatal accident of the space shuttle program following the Challenger disaster in 1986,

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman appeared to suggest that space shuttle Discovery may not be relocated to Houston's Johnson Space Center in Texas.

NASA prepares to launch Artemis II mission in September, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to space, the stalwart of NASA’s shuttle fleet evokes awe in ...

Forty years ago, Americans were shocked when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after it launched on a chilly day in Florida.

In 1977, the United Kingdom's King Charles III, a prince at the time, met with NASA astronauts Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton, Richard H. Truly and Joe Engle, the crew of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. The meeting occurred at Edwards Air Force Base in California.