CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The fretting about Discovery’s liftoff focused on foam insulation covering its fuel tank. But in the end, poor weather scotched Saturday’s much-anticipated space shuttle launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL ” Discovery and seven astronauts blasted into orbit Tuesday on America’s first manned space shot since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2 1/2-year shutdown devoted to ...
NASA today launches a series of events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight. On April 12, 1981, shuttle Columbia lifted off with Commander John Young and pilot Robert ...
The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...
WASHINGTON – Congressman Ken Calvert today applauded the passage of a resolution congratulating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on the 25th anniversary of the first flight of ...
Eileen Collins fell in love with space before she even started noticing boys. The affair began in fourth grade, with an article in Junior Scholastic Magazine about the Gemini astronauts. It was a "pro ...
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