The space shuttle Discovery's flying days may be over, but a set of stunning new panoramic photos ensures that the space plane will remain fresh in people's minds for years to come.

Take a rare glimpse inside the space shuttle Atlantis just before NASA powered it down forever in 2011. SPACE.com partner Robert Pearlman, editor of collectSPACE, snapped the photos.

A shuttle should be speckled with reaction control system thrusters to help maintain or change its orientation in space. But since the Enterprise has always been Earth-bound, it has nothing but ...

The Space Shuttle Atlantis had a more traditional dashboard for its pilots to utilize. The Crew Dragon capsule replaces the knobs and switches with large touchscreens.

But displaying an entire space shuttle requires a structure with an open interior, Rudolph said. “We didn’t think about doing it the easiest way to display this,” Rudolph said.

Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2) ... Rivers of 3,000-degree ionized plasma washed over the front windows, yet our cabin interior remained at about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Third, ...

The Pathfinder space shuttle is lowered to the ground Feb. 8, 2021, ... The rocket center will next work with Marshall Space Flight Center to assess the interior structure.

One of the most eye-catching and difficult aspects of the California Science Center’s $400-million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center project to create a space shuttle exhibit took place Jan. 29 ...

The space shuttle project was forged in the optimism of NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the moon and bested America’s Soviet rivals during the Cold War.