After Challenger reshaped NASA’s risk tolerance, Shuttle-C emerged as a bold plan to replace the orbiter with an uncrewed cargo carrier, using the existing shuttle stack to loft massive payloads for ...

The Space Shuttle-derived Heavy Lift Vehicle is the merely the latest concept that uses the Shuttle external tank and solid rocket boosters to orbit robotic spacecraft or cargo with a side-mounted ...

A concept almost as old as the Space Shuttle itself is being considered as a replacement for NASA's Constellation programme return-to-the-Moon Ares rockets. Above: Artist's impression of a Space ...

A tribute to NASA's fallen space heroes is now on display for all to see, including some items for the first time ever since the Challenger and Columbia disasters. It's been nearly 30 years after ...

NASA's space shuttles are retiring this year, but America has no spaceship to replace them, leaving many to wonder: Why not? After the wheels of the space shuttle roll to a stop for the final time, ...

Ditch the space shuttle orbiters. Stretch their rocket boosters. Add more main engines. Put a capsule on top. What do you have? Franken-ship — the quickest route to a new rocket for NASA. Briefing ...

Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first Space Shuttle, Columbia. It also happens to be 60 years since the first human flew into space, Russia's Yuri Gagarin. Here are commonly ...