Take a deep dive into the story of the Buran, the Soviet Union’s strikingly familiar-looking space shuttle. Developed during the height of the Cold War, this ambitious program mirrored NASA’s Space ...

Unbeknownst to the world, as America launched its first Space Transportation system in 1981, Russia was in the middle of building its own space shuttle, the Buran, based on stolen blueprints and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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Russia's space program has taken a drubbing in recent years, its reputation battered by corruption scandals, shrinking ...

In March, a SpaceX craft carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams splashed down near Florida after a 17-hour journey from the International Space Station. Photo: Getty Images Boeing’s ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

Beijing — China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's space station. The Shenzhou ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.