On September 17, 1976, NASA revealed the Enterprise—its first space shuttle, named after Star Trek's starship. Discover how this pioneering craft shaped American spaceflight history.

NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, speaking from aboard the International Space Station, paid tribute to the ...

NASA rolled out its first space shuttle, named Enterprise, from its manufacturing plant in Palmdale, California. The story of Enterprise officially began on Jan. 5, 1972, when President Richard M.

Space Shuttle Enterprise was the first orbiter built for NASA’s Space Shuttle program, but unlike the spacecraft that followed, it never reached orbit. Built primarily for approach and landing tests, ...

The NASA Space Shuttle program began as Space Shuttle Columbia took its maiden voyage. This was the world’s first reusable spacecraft; it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle lasted ...

From the race to the moon to the Space Shuttle era, Alan Wylie had a front-row seat to some of the most remarkable moments in ...

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air, killing all seven crew members ...

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, and Artemis II.

When I was an aerospace engineer working on the NASA Space Shuttle Program, trust was mission-critical. Every bolt, every line of code, every system had to be validated and tested carefully, or the ...