This story was updated at 2:39 p.m. EDT. Space shuttle Atlantis' massive external tank was filled with super-cold liquid fuel today (June 15), just as it would on launch day, to test upgrades that ...

(TNS) — Grand Rapids’ experiment with driverless shuttles is allowing the Michigan city to better understand the potential of a future with autonomous public transportation. Data collected from the ...

Self-driving shuttle buses will be hauling riders around downtown Columbus later this year, a significant move as the city begins initiatives aimed at making it a “smart city” for transportation. The ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -Shuttle Discovery will make a fiery plunge through the atmosphere this weekend,serving as a hypersonic test bed for new heat shield tiles that might be usedto protect astronauts ...

It only applies to testing and the crossing of one public road, but a new bill signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown allows the deployment of testing self-driving shuttles with no driver, according to ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA’s Space Shuttle Program on Thursday successfully conducted a test firing of a space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor in Utah. The test firing of Flight Verification Motor 2 ...

NASA engineers and managers are evaluating the data from today’s Space Shuttle Discovery External Tank (ET) tanking test at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. The tanking test was yet another milestone ...

(TNS) — Students at Western Michigan University should keep an eye out for a self-driving shuttle around campus as research on autonomous vehicles continues at the school. With $2.1 million in funds ...

When the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on Friday, the astronauts were accompanied by thousands of bacteria. Dr. Cynthia Collins, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at ...

Social media users are sharing a Top Gear video of a space shuttle rocket booster test and claiming it shows a NASA machine that can manipulate the weather. The test does produce a water vapor cloud, ...

India performed a successful space shuttle test launch late on Sunday, marking the latest milestone for the country’s space program. The Reusable Launch Vehicle –Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) ...

When the world's largest solid rocket motor is ignited in Utah this week, it will not leave the ground, but it will fire with components that have a long spaceflight history. The static fire on ...