Two senators earmarked $85 million for the move to Houston—but safely shipping an 86-ton shuttle orbiter cross-country could ...

NASA has formed a board at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to investigate the March 4 incident that damaged Space Shuttle Discovery’s remote manipulator system (shuttle arm). Hugo Delgado is ...

Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle delivered them all. It used precision helium-pressurized tanks and toxic, ignition ...

HOUSTON — The space shuttle Discovery and the international space station flexed their robotic arms repeatedly Friday, racking up a record for robotics in space and taking yet one more look for damage ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

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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 ...