The space shuttle ... The flight path of the loops varied and Discovery covered a lot of ground across the area. It was quite a sight for us in the tower as the shuttle was visible for most ...

On August 12, 1977, NASA entered a new era with the launch of the Enterprise, a space shuttle prototype that never actually reached space. But despite falling short of even cruising altitude in a ...

Deemed an “engineering marvel,” the first of five winged orbiters — the space shuttle Columbia — made its inaugural flight in 1981. Twenty-two years and 28 trips to space later ...

Pilots engaged in real flight was the “right stuff,” as author Tom Wolfe documented in his biography of the first space ... The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force ...

After becoming an astronaut in 1988, Harbaugh completed his first spaceflight in 1991 aboard space shuttle Discovery for STS-39, which conducted research for the Strategic Defense Initiative. Harbaugh ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery has ... It flew its final flight aboard a Boeing 747 to Dulles International Airport. A ceremony with astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth ...