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NASA's Insane plan to launch 86 astronauts at once - The Passenger Space Shuttle That Almost Existed

In the 1970s, the USA was planning vast network of solar power stations, or SPS, to wean the country off oil and avoid using ...
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What really happens during a space shuttle launch?

The Space Shuttle was operated by NASA for 30 years, with its last flight occurring in 2011. #Space #NASA #SpaceShuttle ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Lifts Off From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 1981

Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its second trip into space. Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly rode the reusable, ...
CNN

Space shuttle suffered 'minor' damage at launch

A survey of space shuttle Atlantis' outer body has revealed that four tiles on the right side have "some dings" in them, the flight director said Tuesday. "As we were going through the surveys we did ...
Idaho State Journal

Navy SEAL turned astronaut inspires Idaho veterans with tales from sea to space

Chris Cassidy stared out the cockpit window of the space shuttle Endeavour in July 2009, gazing at the planet that spun by at ...
Colorado Public Radio

First Native American in space started his climb to the stars during Colorado childhood

Astronaut John Herrington, who spent his boyhood in Colorado Springs, works to inspire Native youth to become more involved ...
Space.com

'A game changer': Space shuttle astronaut Pam Melroy joins Venus Aerospace after revolutionary rocket engine breakthrough

"We believe in a future where this is the engine powering everything..." Pam Melroy, one of only two women to ever command a NASA space shuttle, is channeling her decades of experience across the U.S.
AOL

I helped design rocket engines for NASA’s space shuttles. Here’s why businesses need AI as trustworthy as aerospace tech

When I was an aerospace engineer working on the NASA Space Shuttle Program, trust was mission-critical. Every bolt, every line of code, every system had to be validated and tested carefully, or the ...
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Is NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida open during government shutdown?

What happens to NASA and its operations in Florida during government shutdown? Will SpaceX rocket launches be delayed? Is Kennedy Space Center open?