The culmination of a 40 plus year enterprise comes today – an endeavor that sought to push the boundaries of human ingenuity and cooperation, to expand human aptitude and perseverance, to solidify humankind’s likenesses and dreams. Through concept, design, manufacturing, flight, and now retirement, the Space Shuttle Program shaped the hearts, minds, and desires of modern generations. And at the core of it all was Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis, OV-104.
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The end of a legend. For 29 years, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery has lived…
As Endeavour heads into the sunset portion of her historic final voyage to space, her…
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25-years ago today, Space Shuttle Challenger was lost with all hands in the bright blue…
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When Atlantis thundered off LC-39B on December 2, 1988 to begin the classified Department of…
The European Space Agency (ESA) Space Shuttle is to be designed at the CIRA space…
Towards the end of the Apollo Space Program in 1972, NASA began the process of…
Two astronauts have stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday on what is the…
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For NASA, 2009 proved to be a stellar year, one filled with five extremely successful…
Twenty-five years ago today, arguably the most important Space Shuttle mission of the 1990s landed…
SpaceX’s CRS-16 resupply mission to the International Space Station has been grappled by Canadarm2 –…
The 100th orbital launch of 2018, Roscosmos’ Soyuz MS-11 lofted three international crewmembers from the…
SpaceX launched Qatar’s Es’hail-2 spacecraft Thursday, using a Falcon 9 rocket to place the communications…
Two flagship space telescopes are returning to their respective operations after they both entered safe…