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Here's how the astronauts of NASA's upcoming Crew-11 mission were impacted by the the ill-fated Starliner flight test last ...
Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history ...
It was 1986, and the Cold War was still as icy as ever. The Iron Curtain was drawn; the US was busy illegally selling arms to ...
NASA's Space Shuttle programme officially ended in 2011, after 30 years of service. The final mission, STS-135, was flown by ...
Michael Nelmes steps us through the Soviet space shuttle program. California Gov. Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787 million, alleging defamation How much would a $400,000 annuity pay monthly if ...
This is a white ceramic tile made for the Soviet space shuttle Buran. The Buran was a Soviet effort to replicate the American space shuttle program. The spacecraft had one voyage, without a crew in ...
Short interview with Michael Nelmes about his recent article on the Buran shuttle. BREAKING: Supreme Court says govt. does not need to return wrongfully deported man by midnight Here's the Average ...
Unfortunately, political winds shifted, and the MTKVA was sidelined in favor of the Buran, a Soviet copy of the Space Shuttle. Reviving the 1970s Soviet Space Race: MTKVA Spacecraft’s Lost Potential ...
Why Did the First Space Shuttle Disaster Happen? Adam Higginbotham discusses his new book, “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space.” ...