These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive ...
On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, ...
On this date, Space shuttle Columbia took flight in what would be come the second catastrophic loss in shuttle program ...
It is not easy to break through the Earth’s atmosphere and travel in space. So how do spaceships get enough energy to do that ...
Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was lost shortly after liftoff in 1986. NASA used spare parts from its shuttle fleet to create the new orbiter. Endeavour ...
The Titans spaceplanes are designed for high-frequency operations, with the capability to launch spacecraft, cargo, and ...
On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in ...
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The Time a Pickup Pulled the Space Shuttle
Endeavour’s 26th mission was a lot slower and a lot shorter than the previous 25, but it was still full of fascinating engineering challenges. This October marks the 10-year anniversary of the nearly ...
causing the orbiter to be torn apart by aerodynamic stresses. It would take two years of investigations and modifications before a NASA space shuttle flew into space again. Discovery returned NASA ...
The shuttle even did a promotional tour of the area, flying into the Central Coast base on the back of a Boeing 747.