Decades after she was picked to be America's first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a pioneer—this time as the first woman to be memorialized on the grounds of New Hampshire's Statehouse, ...

Inside the American Museum of Natural History's glass cube, the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and ...

The space shuttle prototype that dazzled onlookers as it flew over New York City in April has begun a new journey - slowly working its way back to Manhattan by sea as beachgoers watched in awe. Space ...

Space Shuttle Enterprise is lifted onto the deck of Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on the retired USS Intrepid Aircraft carrier in New York City. REUTERS Space shuttle Enterprise took its final ...

NASA’s oldest and most travelled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic with one final takeoff after three decades of space service. Discovery departed Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre ...

This is the incredible moment NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour was hoisted into place and paired with a huge external fuel tank and rocket boosters at a display at the Los Angeles science museum ...

US space shuttle Endeavour has departed on its final voyage, heading cross-country from Florida to California, riding piggyback on a specially fitted Boeing 747. 19 September 2012 • 1:19pm The shuttle ...

Discovery is suspended from a sling held by two cranes as it is loaded on to the back of a Boeing 747. It was the leader of NASA's space shuttle fleet, which retired in July after 30 years of service.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It may not be heading back into space and its crew members aren't astronauts, but space shuttle Discovery's final flight has its own mission patch. The emblem, which was shared ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The space shuttle Endeavour has hitched a lift on an aeroplane to fly across america. It's the Nasa space shuttle's final flight - not into space but to a museum. The retired shuttle was strapped onto ...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The shuttle test model, called Pathfinder, has been ...