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Rocket Engines That Flew 22 Space Shuttle Missions Are Ready for NASA’s Next Moon Mission
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...
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NASA's Retired Space Shuttle Fleet's Next Stop: A Museum Showcase - NBC News
The shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth for the final time today (July 21), but the orbiter has one more mission left on its docket — teaching and inspiring the public as a museum showpiece.
Flashback - Space Shuttle Snags A Spinning Satellite With Canadarm
Retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Marc Garneau describes the time he picked up a spinning satellite in space known as ...
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Space shuttle Endeavour preps for move to new museum - Los Angeles Times
Endeavour, the so-called jewel of the shuttle fleet that flew 25 missions in space, will be viewable from multiple platforms — including beneath the orbiter’s three main engines as well as ...
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From space to museum showcase: the shuttles’ final mission - Astronomy Magazine
In its 30-year history since beginning in 1981, the Space Shuttle Program’s fleet — Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour — flew 135 missions, clocking in at a total of ...
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Reflecting on the shuttle Columbia disaster 20 years later - PBS
MILES O'BRIEN: The 113th mission of the space shuttle fleet, and the second now to end in catastrophe. That's where I was, covering the disaster on CNN.
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Feb. 1: It’s been 20 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
After 17 days in space, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up during its return to Earth. The seven astronauts aboard all died: Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, David M. Brown, Laurel Blair ...