Why it matters: The Space Shuttle Inspiration never actually ... The intrigue: Because of the shuttle model's sheer size, "the end result to build a whole museum around it — and all the above ...

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a full size model space shuttle? While it never quite made it to space, the full-size original space shuttle prototype built in 1972 as part of Rockwell ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early ... It is 122 feet long and 78 feet wide; about the size of a DC-9 commercial airliner. It is removed or placed ...

R: The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise inside of Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand for Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT). Images: NASA These are the voyages of the space ...