The Smithsonian recently confirmed that NASA and the museum have been directed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...

Eileen Collins made history as the first woman to pilot and command a Nasa spacecraft - but despite her remarkable ...

A proposal to move Space Shuttle Discovery from its home at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center has sparked ...

Eileen Collins, the first female space shuttle commander, speaks with Christiane Amanpour about “Spacewoman,” a film that ...

HOUSTON — A familiar voice echoed through history with the words, "3, 2, 1… and liftoff of the shuttle Discovery and the Hubble Telescope." That proud moment marked one of NASA’s most iconic ...

Three U.S. lawmakers from Texas are accusing the Smithsonian Institution of engaging in “illegal lobbying” to block Discovery ...

In honor of the launch of the last space shuttle mission today, the Atlantic has a great photographic history of the program, from the initial designs through two tragedies to recent work on the ...

Republican Sen. David McCormick defended Donald Trump’s latest controversial moves in a rare interview, including the ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery doesn’t seem poised to boldly go… anywhere. The Smithsonian Institution is digging in against a proposal to move the shuttle to Houston — part of President Donald Trump’s ...

Learn about Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Eileen Collins, some of the pioneering women at NASA who were among the first to suit up for spaceflight. Valerie Neal Sally Ride at the Lyndon B. Johnson ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two spacewalking astronauts supplied the international space station with a fresh tank of nitrogen gas Wednesday. One of the spacewalkers was a German who was too sick to ...