On August 12, 1977, Space Shuttle Enterprise separated from a modified Boeing 747 and flew freely for the first time, marking a critical milestone in NASA’s shuttle program. Enterprise took part in a ...

When I was an aerospace engineer working on the NASA Space Shuttle Program, trust was mission-critical. Every bolt, every line of code, every system had to be validated and tested carefully, or the ...

Fuel line cracks that have grounded the US space shuttle fleet since June will almost certainly be welded, allowing missions to resume by September, NASA shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore has ...

The United States once poured money and political capital into a spaceplane concept that promised to take off from a runway, reach orbit in a single leap, and slash the cost of spaceflight. Instead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Space Shuttle Discovery pictured at the 6th meeting of the National Space Council on "Leading the Next Frontier" at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The space shuttle Discovery arrives for its final destination at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center in 2012. The aircraft used to ...

NASA put shuttle launches on hold following the Columbia disaster, clouding the future of missions including assembly of the international space station, which has three astronauts aboard. Even with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...