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When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...

Just as mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS reemerged from behind the Sun last week, astronomers detected intriguing radio signals from it that give new clues about its chemical composition.

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) collaborated with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Space Development Agency to showcase the Joint Antenna Marketplace transfer of the ...

Lawmakers pushing to move the iconic spacecraft from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Texas just got the Department of Justice involved. Reading time 3 minutes Texas Senators have launched an ...

The Boeing 747 has taken many forms in its decades of service. First introduced in 1970, the Queen of the Skies has flown for airlines all over the world. It has also had a handful of side gigs over ...

Col. Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot and command a NASA space shuttle. Collins commanded the first flight after the 2003 Columbia tragedy, which also experienced a foam-shedding issue.

To enable more commercial space capabilities, the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC’s) Commercial Satellite Communications Office has joined the U.S. Air Force working capital fund ...

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CHANTILLY, Va. — Could Space Shuttle Discovery be cut into pieces? In a letter sent to Congressional leaders, the Smithsonian warns the beloved historic gem in Virginia could be taken apart if the ...

On their first date, Joe Stief and his now wife, Jess, talked about aerospace. They still discuss the topic every day. Though Stief is a healthcare investor and Jess a US Space Force officer, the ...