The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Under the blue sky of the vast grounds, the massive jumbo jet (Boeing 747) towers over those who look up, with the space ...

A Long Island kid who loved Charlie Brown and the New York Mets would one day repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

The California Science Center unveiled Tuesday the first of many launch vehicles, engines and other artifacts set to be installed in the museum’s 200,000-square-foot expansion coming to Exposition ...

NASA's fleet of Space Shuttles could survive challenging solar conditions, but needed a boost to get around on Earth. Here's how a pair of 747s helped.

Explore the Space Shuttle Program through the eyes of some of the exceptional men and women who worked behind-the-scenes to make it fly. When We Were Shuttle tells the story of the Space Shuttle ...

Downey’s Columbia Memorial Space Center is restoring a 1970s-era mockup that was the foundation for the design of all NASA’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz previews the new exhibit at the California Science Center, where visitors will soon be able to view NASA's ...

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