NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said a controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current ...

Shannon Airport has had many eye-catching visitors over the years. But the prospect of a NASA space shuttle hurtling towards ...

This view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, clearly shows its payload bay and upper surfaces. The image was photographed by one of the Expedition 15 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station ...

Ireland was required to agree to plan under 1960s space treaties - but felt crash landing was only a remote possibility ...

In that event, the shuttle could attempt an emergency landing at Shannon Airport. To reassure Irish authorities, the embassy added that “United States personnel (both US government and contractor) ...

At the time, NASA was preparing to launch the space shuttle, Atlantis, in June 1995 on a mission to dock with the Russian Mir ...

Jared Isaacman will lead NASA as it sends astronauts around the moon and hopes to launch a space telescope to study dark ...

Newly released files in the State Papers revealed the Clare airport was proposed by US officials as one of a series of emergency landing sites should the Space Shuttle experience ...