A documentary crew searching for World War II-era aircraft wreckage recently discovered historical artifacts of a more modern variety. After reviewing the footage, NASA has confirmed that underwater ...

The days, weeks, and months following the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in January 1986 were a dark time for the U.S. space program. NASA was reeling from the effects of the nation’s worst ...

The trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Netflix docuseries “Challenger: The Final Flight” looks back on the 1986 space mission that tragically exploded in mid-air just 73 seconds after takeoff as millions of ...

Some NASA officials said Sunday the space agency was in a ”state of confusion” over a directive from a presidential commission that removes top launch managers from the agency`s internal inquiry into ...

In closed hearings Monday, members of the presidential commission on the Challenger space shuttle explosion sharply questioned NASA officials about events leading up to history`s worst space disaster.

America’s astronauts, shaken by the Challenger accident and angered by its causes, have emerged from “the very bottom of a deep, dark pit” with a stronger voice and a renewed sense of purpose. In a ...

NASA should take advantage of the lull in its space shuttle activity to figure out where it has gone so terribly wrong with communications. How frightening that top NASA officials who approved the ...

Russia's Mir represented a major advance over first-gen space stations. Courtesy NASA 1986: Mir, the first modern-era space station, is launched by the Soviet Union. Mir, a Russian word meaning either ...

Sometimes it is hard to remember just how far computers have come in the last three or four decades. An old NASA video (see below) has been restored with better sound and video recently that shows ...