Space Shuttle Discovery remains intact at the Smithsonian after officials warned relocation could damage the historic orbiter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

The United States once poured money and political capital into a spaceplane concept that promised to take off from a runway, reach orbit in a single leap, and slash the cost of spaceflight. Instead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in ...

The cover of the June 30, 1975, issue featured a one-third scale model of the space shuttle orbiter built by Rockwell International. It was being readied for testing in the 40 x 80-ft. low-speed wind ...

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 ...

Space shuttle Discovery on the launchpad ahead of its 39th and final launch in 2011. Credit: Photo by NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, we might still get a shuttle. President Donald Trump’s domestic ...

Rehoming NASA's fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and nights to ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and send it to Houston for display. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...