Decades before the Space Shuttle, the U.S. backed the X-20 Dyna-Soar: a reusable, skip-glide spaceplane born from WWII German concepts and accelerated by the Sputnik shock. -Boeing’s delta-wing craft ...

Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space aboard two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's death on Wednesday (July 10) was announced in a note from his family shared ...

Eileen Collins reflects on her time as the first female not only to pilot but also command a spacecraft. Here's her experience during NASA's shuttle days.

Over his distinguished career, Engle flew over 185 different aircraft, including NASA space shuttles HUM Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Joe Engle, who had the distinction of being the only ...

For nearly two years, a classified space plane has orbited the Earth. Soon, it’s coming down. The X-37B, called the Orbital Test Vehicle, is one of two space planes operated by the U.S. Air Force ...

Here’s What You Need To Know: “Up until the autonomous landing of the X-40A in 1998, no one had demonstrated that an unmanned space vehicle with such a low lift-to-drag ratio, and a high ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The long lead-up to this weekend’s rescheduled launch marks a change for U.S. spaceflight. The launch, which was scrubbed Wednesday and now set for this weekend, marks the ...

Shaped like a flying wedge and built to fall from the edge of space, the X-24B wasn’t supposed to work — but it did. This strange, wingless craft helped NASA master the art of reentry and safe ...

The X-38—had it gone operational—would not have been the first reusable spacecraft. But it helped lay the groundwork for future space programs’ emphasis on reusability. The NASA X-38 was an ...

A Purdue University aerospace researcher helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the ...

TRI-CITIES, Tenn. & Va. (WJHL) – On Friday morning, SpaceX launched a recycled rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, sending 4 astronauts into orbit. You can watch News Channel 11’s live coverage of ...

Small form-factor PC maker Shuttle’s latest compact desktop computer measures about 9.8″ x 7.9″ x 3.7″ and has an internal volume of 4.7 liters, making it a bit bigger than some mini PCs, but still ...