‘Spacewoman’ chronicles how Collins persevered against odds to become the first female space shuttle pilot and commander. The ...

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A new documentary chronicling the life and career of pioneering astronaut Eileen Collins is landing in theaters this week, with ...

On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle Columbia safely touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base in ...

While NASA celebrated the launch of its first Space Shuttle in 1981, the Soviet Union was racing to build its own orbital spacecraft using publicly available American technical data and Cold War ...