Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...

Tucked inside President Donald Trump's flagship tax and spending bill last month was a little-noticed provision to relocate the iconic space shuttle Discovery from a museum outside Washington to ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

Should the city of Houston, which proudly bills itself as “Space City,” have a prized Space Shuttle orbiter on public display? More than a decade ago, arguably, the answer was yes. After all, the ...

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...

Houston – the city that orchestrated NASA’s space shuttle missions but received the ultimate snub of not getting one to display – could finally get its due. The two U.S. senators from Texas, John ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. It occurred Feb. 1, 2003. For millions of Americans, it was an event that ...

The space shuttle and International Space Station are set to launch onto dollar coins in celebration of the advancements made by two states. The United States Mint has released the designs of the ...

Lego's version of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the most detailed I've ever seen. So much so, that when Lego first released the set in 2021, I bought it immediately, and I've never ...

Jean Wright's work as a seamstress wasn't typical: this "Sew Sister" had a mission of keeping NASA's Space Shuttle and its astronauts safe. She sewed with materials that could withstand up to 3,200 ...