On Jan. 12, 1986, shuttle Columbia lifted off on the final successful shuttle mission before the Challenger disaster.

On this date in 1986, Congressman Bill Nelson launches onboard Columbia on the final successful shuttle flight before the ...

He was on hand for Harry Nilsson’s “Without You” and The Pointer Sisters' “I’m So Excited,” Tiny Tim’s novelty smash “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” and the Willie Nelson-Julio ...

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The Escambia County Sheriff's Office arrested an active duty Marine stationed onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola ... investigators arrested 20-year-old Willie Ellington, who is in the U.S ...

Outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday he is optimistic SpaceX founder Elon Musk's relationship with President-Elect Donald Trump will help ensure NASA receives the funding needed ...

The letter, set to be auctioned, challenges the long-held official account, which has Nelson uttering his famous line to Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, his flag captain. The letter will go under the ...

Sara Nelson, who catapulted a year ago from outlier legislator on the Seattle City Council to its president, is running for reelection, she said Wednesday. As the council’s leader, Nelson’s ...

The claim is made by George Sievers, a master-at-arms on HMS Belleisle near Nelson’s HMS Victory. His account is part of a ­letter written six days after Nelson was killed by a French musket ...

The official account of the battle and Nelson’s death recounts that his last words were, “kiss me, Hardy’, to Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, his flag captain. But in a letter to be auctioned on ...

Chance Saltzman about whether the Space Force is adequately building its acquisition workforce, according to a new letter obtained by Breaking Defense. In the letter addressed to Saltzman ...

It is generally believed that Nelson's last words on his deathbed were 'kiss me Hardy', which he uttered to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, his flag captain. But a letter sent by a comrade six days ...