Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...

The space agency aims to send four astronauts around the moon early next year—and bring them safely home through intense heat ...

Starting the courts was one of the first acts of Congress, and President George Washington signed it into law on September 24, 1789.

A 33-year-old aerospace engineer has made space travel history, becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to pass the ...