Why NASA's Space Shuttle Hitched Rides On Top Of A Boeing 747

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...
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The Soviet space shuttle built from NASA secrets

While NASA celebrated the launch of its first Space Shuttle in 1981, the Soviet Union was racing to build its own orbital spacecraft using publicly available American technical data and Cold War ...

OTD In Space - May 7: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches on Maiden Voyage

On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight. Endeavour was the fifth and last space shuttle that ...
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In Downey, A Space Shuttle Hides in Plain Sight

A space shuttle mock-up sits in a maintanance yard in The City of Downey, awaiting its moment. The Columbia Memorial Space Center may soon house the first Space Shuttle ever built, but for now, the ...

They fixed Hubble telescope: Pair of shuttle-era astronauts enter U.S. hall of fame

NASA astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, both four-time space shuttle veterans, and two of the few people to ever touch the ...