His latest is Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Men Who Flew Her. White’s book provides a detailed account of STS-1 ...

Icons of space flight they undoubtedly are, but the shuttle programme has been marked by very public tragedy. On 28 January 1986, Challenger was set to carry the first American civilian into space.

Guests can enjoy a full Biergarten menu featuring ... Pathfinder' hoisted back into place at U.S. Space & Rocket Center The Pathfinder shuttle stack was first erected at the Rocket Center in ...