The Space Shuttle is composed of three primary components: the Orbiter Vehicle, Solid Rocket Boosters, and the External Tank.

NASA has clarified that any attempt to move the Discovery space shuttle from Virginia to Texas could not involve its disassembly—more or less making the project impossible. Texas lawmakers haven’t ...

NASA has clarified that any attempt to move the Discovery space shuttle from Virginia to Texas could not involve its disassembly—more or less making the project impossible. Texas Republican Senator ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Johnson Space Center is one of Houston's top attractions and a major destination for visitors. "Just being able to view actual equipment is just really amazing," one ...

Three of the four RS-25 engines powering the Artemis II mission previously flew on NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet. The engines are cooled by liquid hydrogen to prevent the nozzle from melting from the ...

Space Shuttle Discovery on display at the Smithsonian. NASA is beginning the process of potentially relocating Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. The federal space ...

HOUSTON — NASA is now taking the first steps to bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston. The agency is asking for feedback on how to safely transport the historic spacecraft from the Smithsonian in ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will launch a crewed capsule into orbit and then on a mission around the Moon. AP Photo/John Raoux Pace: Let’s go back to the 1980s and 1990s. After the space shuttle ...

Read full article: NASA, astronauts watch on as crucial Artemis II testing wraps up Artemis program ultimately aims for Mars missions Everything about NASA Artemis II moon mission: Space shuttle parts ...

Most elements of a major NASA event this week that laid out spaceflight plans for the coming decade were well received: a Moon base, a focus on less talk and more action, and working with industry to ...

Before the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission travel farther from Earth than any human ever has, they first had to get to the launch site. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and ...

A pair of large liquid natural gas tanks are seen in a parking lot near the Turning Basin at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. GREGG NEWTON AFP via ...