When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The return to flight mission of space shuttle Discovery - and subsequent grounding of the shuttle ...

Since the retirement of the space shuttle, the U.S. space community has been collectively wringing its hands over the state of the nation’s human spaceflight program. Hardly a day goes by without some ...

A driverless shuttle was involved in an accident hours after it debuted in the streets of downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday. But those involved in the conception of the project said the shuttle was not ...

On November 8, a self-driving shuttle developed by French technology company Navya debuted on the streets of Las Vegas. Less than two hours later, the vehicle got into its first accident. However, the ...

Madam Chairwoman, Ranking Member Nelson, Members of the Subcommittee. I am Mike McCulley, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Space Alliance (USA). Thank you for giving me the ...

Workers may have accidentally cut or crushed the section of foam that broke off Discovery's fuel tank during its launch two months ago — a mishap that threatened the safety of the astronauts and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA has decided that its next launch vehicle for getting humans into space will be based on the ...

The space shuttle workforce and NASA’s human capital management have been the subject of many GAO [Footnote 8] and other reviews [Footnote 9] in the past that have highlighted various challenges to ...

The space shuttle helped the United States expand its leadership in space exploration during the program’s 30 years of flight and laid the groundwork for the next 30 years of space exploration. The ...

Automotive accidents happen every day, and humans are the cause of the vast majority of them (as opposed to road conditions, mechanical failure, etc). Self-driving vehicles aim to curb these ...