When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...

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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It was not really until the climax of the Space Race that the US gained the upper hand against the USSR in space exploration. When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969, America was finally ...

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...

LONDON - RC Fornax plc (AIM:RCFX) has secured a contract with a UK public sector space client following a competitive tender process, according to a press release statement issued Tuesday. The initial ...

The Boeing 747 ushered in the age of the jumbo jet when it first took flight in 1969, but at least one variant actually had to be cut down to size for continued success. The Boeing 747SP — for Special ...

UPPER POTTSGROVE — For the second time in a year, a Montgomery County Court has found the township commissioners violated the state’s open space law by planning to build a new municipal complex on ...

A preliminary report by the Hong Kong Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) into the runway excursion of an AirACT Boeing 747-400F points to asymmetric thrust during landing as a key factor ...

Local seafood restaurant Hoochies is temporarily closing its doors for renovations, the longtime spot announced on social media. The restaurant has served oysters, catfish, crawfish, po’boys and ...