The increasing number of commercial space launches and the upward trend in upmass serve as unmistakable signs of space ...

Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...

When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on Friday, it will mark the final NASA shuttle mission ever. But the shuttering of the 30-year-old program isn’t the end of American space exploration — in ...

It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit during a late ...

Mini Shuttle Launch This image taken from a SpaceX live stream shows a U.S. military mini shuttle lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (SpaceX via AP) (AP) Mini Shuttle ...

The Space Force is seeking proposals to convert an empty stretch at the southern tip of Vandenberg Space Force Base into a ...

In a strategic push to bolster launch infrastructure amid growing military and commercial demands for orbital access, the ...