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 ...

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 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.

The cause remains unknown, but the event has reignited serious concerns about the increasing accumulation of space junk in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Experts warn that this growing problem could lead to ...

A LARGE glowing ring of metal plummeted on a village in Kenya on Monday, in a shocking reminder of Earth's looming space debris problem. Villagers discovered the "red and hot" object, which is ...