space shuttle

School kids in the 1960s thought it was super cool if they could watch a space shuttle launch on one a TV rolled into their classroom on a cart.But today,…

Today marks 50 years since NASA faced one of the organization's biggest setbacks. On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire during a preflight test for Apollo 1 killed the…

A Michigan native is vying for a one-way ticket to a very unusual destination. Laura Smith-Velazquez is one of 100 finalists from across the globe trying…

The Detroit Free Press profiled Jerry Linenger today, a former mission specialist for the shuttle Discovery, who talked about his mixed emotions regarding…

Thirty years ago, the launch of the space shuttle Columbia was big news.As NASA put more shuttles in orbit, the focus on the launches became much less…