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Space shuttle Endeavour's giant orange external tank begins final journey
At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ...
Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost
SpaceX recently hit some notable milestones with its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, and even in the full context of history, the ...
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Weather worsens for NASA’s last shuttle launch
soaking it all in one last time. Like so many others, Leinbach was inspired by the space shuttles. He applied to NASA in 1984, three years after Columbia made the first shuttle flight. Also like ...
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NASA, Boeing adjusting SLS Core Stage parameter limits...NASA, Boeing adjusting SLS Core Stage parameter limits for second Green Run...
The stage’s four veteran Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines were running again for the first time since fulfilling their duties during their last Space Shuttle launches, but it was the first time ...
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SpaceX has proven it can fly astronauts. Here's how Elon Musk's company became the first to help NASA resurrect US spaceflight.
NASA's last space shuttle. It launched and landed in July 2011. After 135 shuttle missions, NASA retired the program so it could direct funds towards long-term missions to the moon and ...
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11 Breathtaking Images From The Final Space Shuttle Launches
America's last space shuttle missions occurred in 2011, with the successful launches of Discovery, Endeavor, and Atlantis. Photojournalist Dan Winters captured these landmark events with ...