Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

NASA's only remaining space shuttle external fuel tank is headed to California, where it will land as part of a permanent display with the retired space shuttle Endeavor.

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 ...

Space Shuttle Discovery, a symbol of America’s greatest space triumphs, may soon be moved, a decision critics call reckless, ...

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 ...

Thirty years of flight by NASA's space shuttles will end once Atlantis returns home from this last mission. The space agency will be looking to deeper space exploration, but the future is still ...

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...

Space Shuttle program manager struggled with the decision. Jan. 31, 2013 — -- What would you tell seven astronauts if you knew their space shuttle was crippled on orbit? It was a question that ...

"This is not a transfer — it's a heist." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A provision in President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" ...

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...