A private U.S. spacecraft has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight. Still circling Earth, Firefly ...

In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...

Florida preschoolers are eligible to receive free admission to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the rest of 2025. The Junior Space Explorer Pass is for Florida residents age 5 or younger.

In fact, a massive round metal object had ... "a separation ring" from a space launch rocket. "Such objects are usually designed to burn up as they re-enter the Earth's atmosphere or to fall ...

Shortly before the turn of the year, a 500-kilogram metal ring crashed in Kenya, apparently from outer space. It is still unclear what it is. Almost two weeks after a piece of space debris ...

R: The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise inside of Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand for Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT). Images: NASA These are the voyages of the space ...

But year by year, humanity's situation on Earth becomes more precarious. With climate change, economic insecurity, and pandemics stressing the world's resources, why spend all this money on space ...

Construction on Endeavour commenced in 1987, using spare parts from Discovery and Atlantis. Final assembly finished in July 1990, and the shuttle was shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in May ...

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A visit here just might inspire them to become future astronauts! Another favorite of our kids is getting the chance to see the Space Shuttle Atlantis up close and personal. There is also plenty of ...

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A mysterious piece of metal crashed into a Kenya ... Previous examples of space debris hitting Earth This is not the first time a space shuttle's separated part has hit the Earth's surface.