NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced ... Unusually high winds at Edwards Air Force Base forced an iconic landing at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. This marked the only ...

The Space Shuttle Columbia ... Weather conditions were not optimal here at Edwards Air Force Base. Landing day began with a thick, high overcast; but by early afternoon, big blue patches of ...

In 1977, the United Kingdom's King Charles III, a prince at the time, met with NASA astronauts Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton, Richard H. Truly and Joe Engle, the crew of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.

SEATTLE — Evening Reads is Northwest authors telling us about their books in their own words. Most folks know this man as the ...

What do the X-15 and the space shuttles have in common? Information from the rocket plane and the spacecraft, as well as many experimental aircraft, were tracked ...

Individuals and families wanted to witness space shuttles return to Earth ... On the day before each shuttle landing, Edwards allowed any number of strangers to park and camp.