Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour has truly put in some impressive miles, both in space and around Los Angeles. The City of Angels is where the spacecraft slowly and spectacularly made its way, courtesy of a ...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman suggested he would be open to transferring a spacecraft other than the space shuttle ...
it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
The final journey for the last space shuttle ever built is complete. Set against the black backdrop of the night sky, a crane hoisted a white shrink-wrapped Endeavour 200 feet overhead before gently ...
In operation for 30 years, NASA's space shuttle was described by the space agency as "the world's first reusable spacecraft" and was "launched like a rocket, maneuvered in Earth orbit like a ...
In 1962, NASA’s Flight Research Center in California approved the construction of a prototype lifting body aircraft, which became the M2-F1, also known as the “ Flying Bathtub .” The designation is ...
The California Science Center's 'Go for Stack' campaign took another step forward. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The work to ...
One way or another, we’re going to make sure Johnson Space Center gets its historic spacecraft right where it belongs.” ...
The space shuttle and International Space Station are set to launch onto dollar coins in celebration of the advancements made by two states. The United States Mint has released the designs of the ...
A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...