The ISS Phase I Shuttle-Mir program has reaffirmed what was learned on Skylab: that a manned space station can be surprisingly resilient in emergency situations. Much has been learned from the ...

Space Shuttle Program Manager Bill Parsons today announced several key leadership changes within the office as it reorganizes and evolves following the Columbia accident. “This is a critical time for ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Despite all the smiles and upbeat talk--for the cameras, anyway--American astronauts who lived aboard the Mir space station were unhappier than their Russian crewmates.

(Reuters) - Space shuttles have played a pivotal role in the U.S. space program. They made their debut in 1981 and enabled NASA to learn how to live and work in orbit. But the workhorse spacecraft ...

Click to open image viewer. This NASA pin was owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride. The pin depicts the emblem of the Shuttle-Mir program, a collaboration between the American and Russian space programs.

A Soviet cosmonaut, he spent 362 days in flight on three missions. He returned 18 years later on a U.S. shuttle to the Mir space station. By Sam Roberts Valery Ryumin, a Soviet tank commander who ...

The ISS Phase I Shuttle-MIR program has reaffirmed what was learned on Skylab: that a manned space station can be surprisingly resilient in emergency situations. Much has been learned from the ...