Here's Why the Old Space Shuttle Landing Facility Makes the Perfect Hyper Car Test Track
15 Feb 2022, 20:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Starting in 2015, Space Florida Company managed and operated the facility under a 30-year lease from NASA through the present day
Fat Lockheed LS-200 Star Clipper Spaceplane Has Star Wars Vibes to It in What If Video
14 Feb 2022, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / CGI video shows how the Lockheed LS-200 Star Clipper spaceplane might have looked like during launch, orbital flight, and return to Earth
Forgotten DC-3 Space Shuttle Concept Gets to Sim Fly for the First Time
7 Feb 2022, 14:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video simulations shows how NASA's early space shuttle concept, the DC-3, might have worked had it been approved for production.
Up Close and Personal With Space Shuttle Discovery, Still Sports Char Marks From Re-Entry
16 Jan 2022, 20:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Discovery was named for two colonial-era British merchants and warships that were instrumental in the colonization and ultimate founding of the United States.
This Set of Cameras Racked Up More Days in Space Than Armstrong and Aldrin Combined
12 Dec 2021, 10:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / These cameras served as reliable photo archivists of the daily lives of Space Shuttle astronauts. Everything from their experiments to their daily activities
This Is How the Wacky Flyback Booster Saturn-Shuttle Spaceship Design Would Have Worked
21 Aug 2021, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Saturn-Shuttle spaceship assembly was a wacky idea of space engineers from the 1970s, previews both the shuttle and today's reusable rockets.
Watch This Guy Turn an Old Minivan Into a Redneck Space Shuttle
2 Aug 2021, 09:57 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Ginger Billy is back! This time he's aiming big: he plans to enter the space race with a his new contraption that he aptly called the "Redneck Space Shuttle".
Urwerk Watch Takes You to Space and Back, Mirrors NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise
21 Jul 2021, 05:17 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / 40 years ago, on this day, NASA was launching its Space Shuttle program. To celebrate the historic moment, Urwerk has created unique space watch.
Calling All Aspiring Astronauts, the European Space Agency Is Hiring
6 Apr 2021, 10:15 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / If you've ever dreamed about doing something amazing with your life, going down the path of becoming a real-life astronaut might be just what you need
33 Years Ago, Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded on Live TV
28 Jan 2019, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On January 28, 1986, Challenger exploded on live TV, killing seven people, including the woman who was set to become the first civilian in space
See Space Shuttle Discovery in Google Virtual Tour
31 Aug 2018, 07:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Google releases a 360 degree virtual tour of the space shuttle Discovery, with the crew of the STS-31 mission acting as tour guides.
DARPA Completes Rapid Engine Firing of Experimental Spaceplane
12 Jul 2018, 12:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA is advancing with the testing of the engine that is to power the future Experimental Spaceplane, test flight expected in 2021.
Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttle Filmed by Sneaking into Military Facility
10 Jul 2017, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This video almost looks like the best DJI Mavik promo ever: filming an abandoned Soviet machine under the cover of darkness
Aprilia RSV4 vs. Space Shuttle, Bike Wins... Sort Of
11 Jul 2011, 14:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / While it might a bit too far fetched to make a comparison between a two-wheeled machine and a spacecraft, the guys at Aprilia thought it would be interesting to offer us a battle between the two. So...
Shuttle Atlantis Heads for the Launch Pad
31 May 2011, 12:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As its sister space shuttle Endeavour is circling the Earth in preparation for its final landing (which will take place on Wednesday), the last of the breed of shuttles, the Atlantis, is taking a ve...
NASA Presents New Deep Space Exploration Vehicle
25 May 2011, 05:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the space shuttle program coming to an end this year, the hopes of the dreamers seemed to have been shattered. With America having no space craft of its own, and with the other nations clearly ...
Rare Photo of Endeavor Exiting the Clouds
17 May 2011, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On Monday, space shuttle Endeavor departed the launch pad at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the last time, heading towards a two-week-long mission to the International Space Station. A...
Endeavor Lifts Off
16 May 2011, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The final mission of space shuttle Endeavor kicked off on Monday, carrying on board six astronauts and an entire load of supplies and equipment. The launch took place as planned at 8:56 a.m. EDT, un...
Shuttle Endeavor Cleared for Final Launch
28 Apr 2011, 07:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second space shuttle of the last three such vehicles has been cleared by NASA to take off on its last mission on April 29. Provided nothing weather related happens until then, the final departur...
Shuttle Endeavor to Take Off on April 29
20 Apr 2011, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unaware of the fact that 2011 is a historic year for the American space exploration program, the Russian space agency has somewhat messed things up for Endeavor, the space shuttle that is was origin...