The An-225 was just the beginning. The engineers had big plans for the aircraft, and by big, we mean huge. Meet the An-325 and its bigger brother, the Antonov AKS. They were templates for a new soviet ...

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 ...

A lawsuit seeks to recover damages after unexpected bird strike triggered crash at NASA's former shuttle landing facility.

Contrary to appearances, the vehicle that looked like a little space shuttle was not broken down when it was being hauled down the runway at Kennedy Space Center. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser ...

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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 ...

Live updates from Tuesday's SpaceX NROL-77 national security mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral ...

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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 ...

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 ...

NASA may have no choice but to postpone the launch of its next mission to land astronauts on the moon by more than a year. Growing pains for SpaceX's massive Starship rocket over the past year have ...

The under-construction Arts Landing project, taking shape in the heart of Pittsburgh's Cultural District, was available to tour on Monday. The project is expected to transform the area into a green ...