Space Shuttle

STS-135 Redux: Launch Tribute Video

A great look back at the final launch of the space shuttle program. Includes some footage I hadn't seen before,…

13 years ago

Shuttle Duo Nose-to-Nose Rendezvous highlights Retirement Duty

[/caption] To see one shorn shuttle is bad enough. Seeing two NASA space shuttles edged together and voluntarily gutted of…

13 years ago

Atlantis Final Crew and NASA thank Shuttle Workforce with space flown Tribute Banner

[/caption] Following the majestic predawn touchdown of Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to close out the…

13 years ago

Chasing Rockets, Chasing History: One Journalist’s Video Reflections

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – As one might imagine covering the space program is a exciting vocation. Some professionals focus…

13 years ago

Last Towback of a Flight Worthy Space Shuttle – Atlantis Post Touchdown Photo Album

[/caption] Space Shuttle Atlantis closed out NASA’s Space Shuttle Era with a safe touchdown on July 21, 2011 at the…

13 years ago

One On One With Space Shuttle Program’s First Pilot, Robert Crippen

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – The shuttle program has drawn to a close. Present at the final flight was one…

13 years ago

Wheels Stop ! With Awesome Atlantis on the Shuttle Runway – Photo Gallery Part 1

[/caption] At Wheels Stop with Atlantis ! Here ended the Shuttle Era A few short hours after the touchdown of…

13 years ago

Ghostly Landing of Atlantis Closes America’s Space Shuttle Era Forever

[/caption] Barely discernable in the pre-dawn twilight and appearing as an eerie, ghost like figure, Space Shuttle Atlantis and her…

13 years ago

The Last Space Shuttle’s Return in 3-D

[/caption] We shared an image yesterday of an amazing view of Atlantis on its way home taken by the Expedition…

13 years ago

A Moving Tribute to Every Single Space Shuttle Mission

The space shuttle program has now come to an end and most of us are feeling a bit nostalgic. Want…

13 years ago