A blaring roar and bone-rattling vibrations jolted the 38 astronauts as the shuttle's engines fired up. Seconds later, lift-off squeezed them into their seats, marking the successful inauguration of ...

A space shuttle cockpit that was used to train all of the crews that launched on board the winged orbiters has landed in Oklahoma, where it will be displayed at a museum named for a veteran NASA ...

Growing up in the USA in the 1960s I was captivated by the space programme as we raced the Soviet Union to the Moon. Most of my generation can tell you where they were when Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...