Space Shuttle

NASA Space Shuttle Owner’s Workshop Manual Book Review

[/caption] The shuttle era is ending and when things end people have the tendency to look back and reflect on…

14 years ago

Captain Kirk and the Space Shuttle

William Shatner narrates this look back at how the idea for the space shuttle was born; it also details what…

14 years ago

At Shuttle Program’s Twilight, Tears and Cheers as Triumphs and Tragedies are Remembered

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – With the shuttle program’s end less than three months away, NASA took time to honor the…

14 years ago

NASA Selects Museums in Florida, California, New York and the Smithsonian for retiring Space Shuttles

[/caption] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden today unveiled the winners in the bidding war to become home to one of NASA’s…

14 years ago

Infographic: Fun Facts About the Space Shuttle Orbiters

Click on the infographic for a larger version and link to a NASA webpage. There's more info at the NASA…

14 years ago

Stirring Video Tributes to Yuri Gagarin

http://youtu.be/fuxeRNtN160?hd=1 Today, April 12, is the 50th Anniversary of Earth’s first manned spaceflight by Hero Cosmonaut , Yuri Gagarin of…

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Re-Live the First Shuttle Flight, 30 Years Ago

Here's footage from the first space shuttle flight, 30 years ago today on April 12, 1981. One of the big…

14 years ago

Countdown to Yuri’s Night and the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight !

Mark your calendars. April 12, 2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s astonishing First Orbit…

14 years ago

Coalition for Space Exploration Tasks us to “Think Outside the Circle”

The aerospace industry is typically filled with engineers, scientists and pilots. Hardly the segment of the population that is subject…

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Cartoon Commemorates Shuttle Program

[/caption] “Red and Rover” pay tribute to the space shuttle program, racing alongside the space shuttle as it lands for…

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