On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over Rogers Dry Lakebed during the second of five free flights carried out ...

It took nearly two years before NASA returned to space with the launch of Discovery. I kept following the shuttle flights over ... to Florida on the back of a 747. On Sept. 20, 2012, I stood ...

NASA acquired its first Boeing 747 in 1974, buying a 747-100 from American Airlines ... NASA used the aircraft for wake turbulence studies, but in 1977, it was converted to its Shuttle Carrier ...

The history of military aviation is filled with powerful and deadly aircraft that have played significant roles in warfare. From … Continue reading "Impressive Military Aircraft That Absolutely Domina ...

The big daddy here is Boeing, maker of the 747 and other commercial jet planes ... the primary contractor for the NASA space shuttle and international space station programs.

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in ... within 66,000 miles of the planet,according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies (CNEOS).

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in-83 chance of ... passing somewhere within 66,000 miles of the planet, according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies ...