NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said a controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current ...

Air cargo usually brings to mind electronics or oranges - but the skies often carry far stranger freight. From spacecraft to human organs and more, aircraft have moved some truly bizarre cargo. In ...

Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans of Texas, want the space shuttle Discovery to be moved to Space Center Houston from its current location at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...

Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible. LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth ...

There has been only one mission of the Artemis program to date, an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft that was conducted back in 2022. Judging this solely from this perspective, you could be ...

Dream Chaser, the vehicle that has been likened to a miniature version of NASA’s space shuttle, continues to reach major milestones despite its uncertain future. Sierra Nevada, the company behind the ...

Texas lawmakers have demanded the Discovery shuttle be moved to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, but daunting technical challenges remain—and Virginia officials have dug in against the move. The ...

A new front has opened in the battle over space shuttle Discovery, and the fight has made its way to the Justice Department. The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from ...

Three Texas lawmakers accuse the Smithsonian Institution of "illegal lobbying" to block the relocation of the Space Shuttle Discovery from its Virginia museum to Houston, prompting a request for a ...