NASA has put off the planned launch of its next-generation Orion spacecraft for a year, a setback to efforts to fly a successor to its aging space shuttles, the space agency announced Monday.

In the 1990s, NASA and Lockheed Skunk Works chased a fully reusable space shuttle replacement with the X-33 and VentureStar, promising radically cheaper access to orbit. This deep dive follows the ...

May 3, 12:00 am—When NASA requested designs for a Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), two major teams—one headed by Lockheed Martin and one by Northrop Grumman and Boeing—took on the challenge. The ...

I want to thank Chairman Rohrabacher for calling today’s hearing. Aside from the problems we are facing with ISS, the Space Shuttle’s future and its eventual replacement is the most pressing issue ...

NASA today unveiled plans for a new spacecraft to replace the space shuttle and carry astronauts to the moon by 2018. It's designed to be 10 times safer than the space shuttle. And as NPR's David ...

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "expedite the development" of the successor to the space shuttle, which ended its final mission on July 21, 2011. First, some background ...

today that it was awarded a contract from NASA to study its “Alchemist” propulsion system technology for use in a space shuttle replacement. The NASA Research Announcement 8-30 (NRA8-30) contract was ...

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board's (CAIB) final report will contain a section in which board members will express "a sense of urgency" over NASA's need to develop a replacement for the space ...

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 ...

Re “Nominee Seeks Shuttle Replacement,” April 13: As a lifelong space enthusiast, I have been a strong advocate for the country’s manned space program and the reinstatement of the Teacher in Space ...