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Buran – The Soviet Space Shuttle That Flew Once
Built to rival NASA’s shuttle, the Buran flew just once—unmanned, flawless, and then never again. This is the story behind ...
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Dawn Aerospace Opens Orders for Aurora Spaceplane, They Don't Have History on Their Side
In an effort to be the first to field a fully reusable spaceplane of the same size and scale as the Space Shuttle, Dawn ...
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How NASA’s Space Shuttle Defied Physics—and Budget Constraints
The Space Shuttle was one of the most complex and ambitious spacecraft ever designed, pioneering reusable spaceflight and ...
The Urbanist11d
Special Summer Transit Options Increase Multimodal Access Across Puget Sound
Summer in Puget Sound means the return of Trailhead Direct, Bicycle Weekends, Seattle's free Waterfront Shuttle, and the ...
Harvard Business Review28d
The Growth of the Private-Sector Space Industry
We kind of put all of our eggs into the space shuttle and ISS basket ... but also businesses that have that kernel of inspiration behind them, companies that even though they’re pursuing ...
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Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?
Presumably, he will blame the Obama administration, even though it is quite clear in hindsight that there were no political machinations behind the decision to not award a space shuttle to Houston.
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World’s Oldest Satellite Has Been in Space for 67 Years. Engineers Want to Bring It Home
The satellites were placed in the Space Shuttle payload bay and returned to ... according to the team behind the proposal. Before a retrieval attempt, the team suggests that a spacecraft be ...
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The Story Behind the Most Terrifying Space Photo Ever Taken
Bruce McCandless II. Photo: NASA NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II stepped away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984, using a jet-powered backpack called the Manned Manoeuvring Unit ...
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‘Spacewoman’ Doc About First Woman to Command a Space Shuttle Mission Screens at CPH:DOX While NASA Axes Pledge to Land a Woman on the Moon
She became a pilot and then the first woman to pilot and command a space shuttle through sheer willpower ... to structure the film and what was behind that decision? I like films that start ...
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NASA astronauts return after unexpected nine months in space
NASA has since retired its space shuttle fleet and now relies on SpaceX ... with a plasma trail behind it. The Crew-9 astronauts are re-entering the atmosphere, which means the Dragon capsule ...
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SpaceX Crew-10 docks with space station, setting up Starliner astronauts return
Left behind, Williams and Wilmore were then assigned ... having flown the first space shuttle flight on top of two Gemini and two Apollo missions. On Apollo 16, Young walked on the moon, so ...
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NASA’s Hot Rod Pontiac Helped Design the Space Shuttle
No, we’re not talking about sending Tej and Roman into orbit behind the wheel of a ... to help usher America’s nascent shuttle design into the later space age. The year was 1963, and the ...