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Rocket Engines That Flew 22 Space Shuttle Missions Are Ready for NASA’s Next Moon Mission
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...
Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian
A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with ...
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NASA’s space shuttle program reimagined rocketry. What went wrong? - CNN
The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.
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How to watch 'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' online and from anywhere now | Space
How to watch "The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth" online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and from anywhere. New documentary goes inside the Columbia disaster.
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Space shuttle Endeavour makes one more voyage to its final destination at a new space center
The space shuttle Endeavour began the first part of its journey to its final resting place Thursday, an effort more than a decade in the making after arriving at the California Science Center ...
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Space shuttle rockets will be trucked through L.A. area roads - Los Angeles Times
Get ready for the last big transport of space shuttle equipment to the California Science Center, a two-day spectacle that will traverse seven freeways from the Mojave Desert to South Los Angeles ...
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A space shuttle will get the display it deserves - Popular Science
The space shuttle Endeavour will move into a vertical position at a California museum, complete with solid rocket boosters and fuel tank. Here's what the $400 million project entails.
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20 years after space shuttle Columbia disaster, lessons learned still in sharp focus at NASA - CBS News
From the archives: Watch CBS News coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003, in the video above. Twenty years ago this Wednesday — on Feb. 1, 2003, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST ...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour is ready for ‘liftoff’ as crews move it toward museum - Los Angeles Daily News
Space Shuttle Endeavor ready to be installed in preparations to move and lift space shuttle components in a 20-story, ready-to-launch, vertical configuration Friday Los Angeles CA/USA. Jan 26, 2024.
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Remembering the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, 20 years later - NPR
Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.
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Original space shuttle mock-up to move through Downey - NBC Los Angeles
It's moving day for original full-size space shuttle mock-up in Downey The prototype was built in 1972 as part of Rockwell International's ultimately successful bid to build NASA's shuttles.
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Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?
Space Center Houston, which would be responsible for hosting the shuttle, was not even told about the legislation before it was filed. NASA, too, is not a willing party.