As we await the final launch of a space shuttle, here’s a blast from the past: the first ever space shuttle mission (complete with early 80’s funky music). Columbia launched on the first flight (STS-1) on April 12, 1981 and landed in California on April 14.
The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then…
In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305…
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Nine years ago, Blue Origin revealed the plans for their New Glenn rocket, a heavy-lift…
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