News Brief: Retired astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft, has died at the age of 80. NASA said McCandless passed away on Thursday… Read More
NEW ORLEANS – It’s apparently not enough that Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut, a best-selling author and an engineering professor. He’s also raring to go back into space,… Read More
India’s space agency says it put its winged space shuttle prototype, known as the RLV-TD, through a successful first test flight today. In a congratulatory tweet, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed… Read More
On Saturday, the Space Shuttle Trainer will make its official debut at the Museum of Flight in Seattle — giving the public an up-close look at the full-sized Space Shuttle replica that… Read More
A week from today, on Nov. 10, the Space Shuttle Trainer will make its official debut at the Museum of Flight in Seattle — giving the public an up-close look at… Read More
They arrived at Seattle’s Museum of Flight in more than 100 boxes — nearly four decades worth of personal papers from George Abbey, the Seattle native and former director of… Read More
Updated at bottom with picture of the crew compartment after it was unwrapped. We (and our kids) had a great time today down at the Museum of Flight, where NASA’s… Read More
Calling all space-exploration enthusiasts, aerospace aficionados and other flight geeks: the Museum of Flight announced today that a vital piece of its full-scale Space Shuttle Trainer, the crew cabin section, will… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Flight today unpacked the first piece of its new Space Shuttle Trainer, unveiling one of three engine bells from the full-scale orbiter replica, which was used as… Read More
It’s a big day for space nerds. On the East Coast today, Space Shuttle Discovery is making its final flight this morning — going from Florida to Washington, D.C., on the back… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Flight this week dedicated its new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, named after the former Microsoft engineer and two-time space traveler. When it opens this June, the new… Read More
It just kept getting better and better at Seattle’s Museum of Flight today. First former, Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi announced that he would be donating the Soyuz TMA-13 Reentry Module that… Read More
NASA’s selection of new homes for the retired Space Shuttles has been more than a little messy. The space agency’s own inspector general found multiple mistakes in the selection process,… Read More
NASA staffers understated attendance for Seattle’s Museum of Flight and didn’t count Canadian visitors in their measure of the region’s international tourism during the site selection process for the retired… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Flight was among the top contenders this spring for a decommissioned Space Shuttle — placing well ahead of many other locations and just slightly below the eventual winners in… Read More
At the very end of his recent autobiography, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen briefly teases ahead to a future project — saying that he’s “just now considering a new initiative wit… Read More
Weather permitting, NASA is less than an hour away from the scheduled launch of Atlantis, the final mission in the 30-year history of the Space Shuttle program. We’ve been following… Read More
Germany takes one home in the name of bearding. The world’s grossest best beard goes to this guy. “When my beard isn’t styled, it goes down to my waist.” *shutter*… Read More
OK, so we didn’t get one of the real Space Shuttles. But the thing we got looks a lot like one, if you don’t mind the lack of wings. Real-life… Read More