In 1962, NASA’s Flight Research Center in California approved the construction of a prototype lifting body aircraft, which became the M2-F1, also known as the “ Flying Bathtub .” The designation is ...

Living legend John Glenn says America should keep flying its space shuttle fleet rather than paying Russia to haul Americans to and from the International Space Station. The country's shuttle fleet is ...

Space shuttle Endeavour - the baby of NASA's orbiter fleet - is poised to roll out to its Florida launch pad today to prepare for its last mission, a move that will come just hours after the shuttle ...

Space shuttle Atlantis is marking its own final plannedflight by flying its flag. Thousands of the red, white, and blue"ATLANTIS" flags, miniatures of the type flown over the launch padeach time ...

Three women are flying aboard space shuttle Discovery. With another female astronaut awaiting them at the International Space Station, that makes for a record-setting four women in space at the same ...

Backed by Hyundai, this quiet, electric flying shuttle is coming in 2028—really. Supernal is an "AAM," an Advanced Air Mobility company that will be building and selling a four-passenger, single-pilot ...

Seeing the space shuttle flying on top of its modified 747 carrier is rare. This image of Endeavour riding it over the Mojave a few days ago, however, is absolutely awesome. Updated with 1600px-wide ...

Discovery ended its career as the world’s most flown spaceship Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece. After a flawless trip to the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? The six astronauts who flew back toEarth aboard shuttle Atlantis Wednesday said their trip was a blast, and theywish they could ride a space shuttle again. But the spaceflyers ...

Growing up in the USA in the 1960s I was captivated by the space programme as we raced the Soviet Union to the Moon. Most of my generation can tell you where they were when Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...

I’ve been a space enthusiast for as long as I can remember. I was born in the same year as Apollo 11. I made my family interrupt a holiday in France so I could listen to the launch of the first Space ...

People who travel along Highfield Road in Farnworth will spot a number of things; shops, a medical practice, schools, a community centre, and of course houses. That has largely been the case for the ...