President Barack Obama on Saturday named former shuttle commander Charles Bolden to lead NASA at a critical time for the space agency. The White House has ordered a complete outside review of NASA’s ...

On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA was once again dealing with tragedy when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry.

The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit that honors leaders who have overcome adversity and supports young people in furthering their education, today announced ...

A wreath is presented by, from left, Bob Cabana, Associate Administrator of NASA; Janet Petro, NASA KSC director, and Sheryl Chaffee, daughter of Apollo 1 astronaut Roger Chaffee, during NASA's Day of ...

Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly said Thursday he's still awaiting doctors' blessing to bring his wounded congresswoman wife to his launch in just under three weeks. NASA, meanwhile, took stock of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2028 presidential election is exactly three years from today. Imagine a burned-out nation on the verge of a meltdown from ...

Jeffrey S. Ashby is a former NASA space shuttle commander and ex-Top Gun former Navy pilot who has been through combat missions in the Middle East and three Space Shuttle missions. John Kanengieter is ...

Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He was 85. Weitz died at his retirement ...

HOUSTON - The astronaut husband of wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Thursday there's a "pretty good chance" she will attend his space shuttle launch next month. "We still don't know for sure.