Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...
One way or another, we’re going to make sure Johnson Space Center gets its historic spacecraft right where it belongs.” ...
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NASA’s ‘flying bathtub’ taught the Space Shuttle how to land
In 1962, NASA’s Flight Research Center in California approved the construction of a prototype lifting body aircraft, which became the M2-F1, also known as the “ Flying Bathtub .” The designation is ...
When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...
Lawmakers pushing to move the iconic spacecraft from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Texas just got the Department of Justice involved. Reading time 3 minutes Texas Senators have launched an ...
Ireland was required to agree to plan under 1960s space treaties - but felt crash landing was only a remote possibility ...
Astronauts and Mission Control relive terrifying moments during construction of the ISS. From ammonia leaks to Space Shuttle disasters to a spacewalk gone terribly wrong, astronauts and Mission ...
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