Space travel should by rights make for rocket-fuelled television, but documentaries on the subject too often veer into ...

Her determination eventually led her to join NASA and take a leading role in building the International Space Station through ...

As the Artemis program works toward its first lunar landing on the Artemis III mission later this decade, new lunar ...

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.

Historian Valerie Neal reveals how women astronauts transformed NASA and redefined what it means to explore space.

On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight mission for NASA. Endeavour lifted off from NASA's historic launch site at ...

The first Canadian astronaut to fly into space, Marc Garneau, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 76. In addition to his three launches, Garneau also led the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Astronaut Guion S. "Guy" Bluford, Jr.

Most rare coins experts expect these to become the most valuable modern coins ever sold, Stack's Bowers Galleries claimed. The mission, STS-93, most prominently helped deploy the Chandra X-Ray ...

NASA's fleet of Space Shuttles could survive challenging solar conditions, but needed a boost to get around on Earth. Here's ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Coffee is typical of Shuttle-era menu ...

The Smithsonian recently confirmed that NASA and the museum have been directed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...