The Space Shuttle was and forever will be a very special vehicle in the history of space exploration. Over the course of three decades starting in 1981, the small fleet of spaceplanes took to the sky ...

Almost four months after the American space agency NASA installed the first newly built RS-25 Space Shuttle engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, hardware ...

Rockets have always been a major part of getting people into space, but NASA's space shuttles had very specific missions and ...

The Artemis II mission is set to launch four astronauts atop NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket later today – and while this specific rocket is only flying on its second mission, its core stage ...

When Artemis II blasts off for its lunar flyby, its powerful SLS rocket will include some "heritage hardware." The core engines are mostly recycled space shuttle engines, along with some reused ...

Now that the Space Shuttle missions are ending, NASA is cleaning house. While complete shuttles are for sale at 50 percent off "retail," the deal of the century must be the free engines. These spare ...

On Nov. 13, the California Science Center's Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will open to visitors as the final phase of ...

SLS (Space Launch System) uses a 50 year old rocket engine design that now costs $145 million each (not including labor and testing) which is over 300 times more expensive than the more powerful ...

Here is a recession bargain: the space shuttle. NASA has slashed the price of the 1970s-era spaceships to $28.8 million apiece from $42 million. The shuttles are for sale once their flying days are ...