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 ...

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It was not really until the climax of the Space Race that the US gained the upper hand against the USSR in space exploration. When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969, America was finally ...

There has been only one mission of the Artemis program to date, an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft that was conducted back in 2022. Judging this solely from this perspective, you could be ...

St. Louis activated emergency shelters and winter weather plans due to cold snap, accommodating those in need.

Hollenbeck’s advocacy swayed legislators, and in 1981 the state purchased the remaining portion of the rail, from Easton to Idaho, for $1.9 million, calling it the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in honor of ...

It's easy to say that Richard Nakhonethap, aka Knock2, was one of the biggest acts to break out of the electronic music space in 2022. After bursting onto the scene with massive collaborations like ...

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...

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 ...