The first space shuttle is now a museum piece. First rolled out by Rockwell International in Palmdale, California, in 1976, Enterprise was towed into the McDonnell Space Hangar at the new National ...

His latest is Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space ... concerns from engineers at the launch site. The space shuttle was the most remarkable flying ...

As CBS News reported, Blue Origin was not only the first all-women flight into space, but Bowe made history ... King stepped out of the shuttle and kissed the ground, stating, "I just have to ...

The 17th launch of the space shuttle took place 40 years ago today, kicking off the Spacelab 3 mission (STS-51B). [...] ...

(CNN) -- NASA is on track to launch the space shuttle Discovery in July after analysis of wind tunnel tests determined that the external fuel tank was safe, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said ...

The Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set recreates the prototype Enterprise and the ... Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the first of 135 missions that it and five ...

And moving the shuttle on a barge or ship would first require ... its pioneering launch, NASA's space shuttle leaves a 'mixed legacy.' Was it worth it? Two barges carried Enterprise up the Hudson ...