Space Shuttle

A cargo container that was built to launch on NASA's space shuttles is being repurposed as a prototype for a deep space habitat.

A full-size mockup of a Soviet Buran space shuttle is departing Moscow for an exhibition center opening at the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Two generations of reusable space planes came face to face — or nose to tail, rather — over the weekend.

The history of NASA's space shuttle can be a weighty topic — literally. The three-volume "Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon, 1972-2013" tips the scale at 18 pounds.

The first space shuttle external tank to stand on a launch pad was destroyed by a tornado that hit the New Orleans facility where it was built 40 years ago.

Elon Musk's rocket company has bumped a commercial satellite mission until after a scheduled mid-February cargo run to the International Space Station.