Today in History, the US Army was officially established, the first deaths after a popular pain reliever was poisoned, and ...

(CNN) — Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a ...

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...

The end of the Space Shuttle program paved the way for a new generation of private launch providers. After two accidents in which all 14 astronauts lost their lives, the Space Shuttle program was ...

The gross liftoff weight of the space shuttle was 4.5 million pounds. Five shuttles flew into space during the program’s history: Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour. An early ...