On November 22, 1989, the space shuttle Discovery launched on mission STS-33. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and up ...

During that space shuttle flight in 1983, Garriott became the first-ever person in space to communicate with amateur radio ...

A new documentary, Spacewoman, explores the inspiring story of the astronaut who led NASA's "Return to Flight" after the ...

A rare 9-foot oarfish dubbed the "doomsday fish," washed up in Encinitas, California, marking the third sighting of the ...

Node 2, also known as Harmony, was delivered in October 2007 onboard space shuttle Discovery as part STS-120, since then it has become one of the most important parts of the US Segment of the ...

With two powerful new instruments, added to Hubble in February 1997 by the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery, we can literally peer light years beyond what was possible before. Our deepest look ...

The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released into low-Earth orbit. The James Webb Space Telescope was squeezed inside the nose cone of an ...

In December 1993 astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour performed five ... The telescope was also instrumental in the discovery of dark energy, a little-known but ubiquitous force that ...

Space Shuttle veteran and researcher Takao Doi. “Therefore, we want to find out if wood can be used in space or not.” Fellow researcher Koji Murata explained that LignoSat is made from ...

there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...