Robert Z. Pearlman

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration."

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos once pledged that if his company's first rocket to reach space and land vertically back on Earth survived, he would put it in a museum. He has made good on his word.

The next U.S. astronauts to walk on the moon will do so in style. Axiom Space and Prada have revealed the outer cover layer for the AxEMU spacesuit.

The new home of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour, the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, has reached new heights and the California Science Center is celebrating with a "topping off" ceremony.

A full-scale mockup of the astronaut accommodations for a small space station orbiting the moon has arrived at Space Center Houston. Northrop Grumman has donated its prototype for the Gateway HALO.

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson reflected on her time in space during a post-flight press conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Friday (Oct. 4).

Neil Armstrong is perhaps best known for saying 12 words on July 20, 1969: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But there's more to his record, as his alma mater can attest.

A full-size mockup of the space shuttle orbiter that was built as a contractor's showcase model before NASA decided on the spacecraft's final design is heading back on display in Downey, California.

A tradition borrowed from the Russian space program has physically crossed over to an U.S. spacecraft. The "zero-g indicator" that launched on SpaceX's Crew-9 previously flew on two Russian Soyuz.

As NASA works to return astronauts to the moon, the agency is resurrecting a program aimed at communicating the cultural significance of its missions. A new era for the NASA Arts Program has begun.

Three crewmates have landed Earth after a record-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS) for two of them. For one, the 374 days has amounted to only a third of his total time in space.

Though they may never shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have Congressional Gold Medals to prove it.

Roberta Bondar knew that she would not be able to hear birds, let alone seen them from space, but when she really thought about it, their absence struck her deeply.

Four private astronauts are back on Earth after a five-day mission that set firsts and broke records in an effort to advance human spaceflight.

Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did "stand up."

The private SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew has now flown farther from Earth than any astronauts have traveled since the last Apollo mission left for the moon.

A privately-funded space crew aiming to set several records in orbit may not include the first child in space, but they have her hopes, wishes and furry spacesuit-clad creation aboard.

A statue of Christa McAuliffe, NASA's "Teacher-in-Space" who died on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, has been unveiled in New Hampshire, the state where she taught.

A space capsule that NASA used to learn more about safely launching astronauts to the moon has arrived at the University of North Dakota for a different type of education.

An early mockup of NASA's winged orbiters, Pathfinder was returned to its position atop a space shuttle propulsion "stack" at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Mattel is counting down to the release of its latest space-themed Matchbox toy. Its 1:64 scale version of SpaceX's Crew Transport Vehicle is arriving Oct. 1.

Netflix has begun the countdown to a "re-launch" of one of NASA's most well-known missions in spaceflight history. The streaming service has set Sep. 5 for the premiere of "Apollo 13: Survival."

Visions of humanity's future in space and spaceflight artifacts are heading for auction from Paul G. Allen's estate. Christie's is hosting three sales devoted to Allen's art and scientific objects.

Doritos is launching a new limited-edition flavor with an out-of-this-world mission to make space history while supporting an important cause.

Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride flew on STS-41G, Challenger's sixth flight, in 1984.