Space Shuttle articles

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  How two 'Star Trek' fans are restoring original series shuttlecraft

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 8, 2013 07:15 pm + 22 comments

  The set piece for the shuttlecraft that ferried Spock, Scotty, and more than a handful of other crew Continue reading…

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  NASA delays astronaut flights with SpaceX and other companies, extends Russia contract

  By Carl Franzen on April 30, 2013 01:26 pm + 36 comments

  NASA has not had the ability to send astronauts to the International Space Station since the space Continue reading…

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  Cardiologist who photographed Columbia disaster now an Associated Press contributor

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 1, 2013 11:08 am + 21 comments

  Ten years ago today, space shuttle Columbia broke up during its return to Earth, killing its crew. Continue reading…

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  NASA trying to rent or sell space shuttle facilities before they fall apart

  By Chris Ziegler on January 5, 2013 05:43 am + 24 comments

  In the wake of the space shuttle program's retirement, NASA is left with sprawling facilities at its Continue reading…

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  Space shuttle Endeavour exhibit at California Science Center now open

  By Dante D'Orazio on October 31, 2012 07:17 pm + 10 comments

  After making its long, complicated, and controversial journey to Los Angeles, space shuttle Continue reading…

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  The Endeavour's final journey captured in surreal photos

  By Ben Kersey on October 15, 2012 04:44 am + 13 comments

  The space shuttle Endeavour made a strange yet memorable journey through Los Angeles on Friday and Continue reading…

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  Felix Baumgartner to attempt world's first supersonic free fall tomorrow

  By Justin Rubio on October 8, 2012 11:05 am + 67 comments

  Skydiver and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner will attempt to be the first person to free fall at Continue reading…

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  NASA gives Boeing, SpaceX, and Sierra Nevada $1.1 billion to replace the Space Shuttle

  By Adi Robertson on August 3, 2012 10:16 am + 45 comments

  NASA has announced funding for three private aerospace companies, pledging a total of $1.1 billion Continue reading…

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  NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise aboard the USS Intrepid in pictures

  By Dante D'Orazio on July 18, 2012 08:59 pm + 78 comments

  The Space Shuttle Enterprise is on the closing leg of its journey to its final resting place. For Continue reading…

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  Watch this: NASA's 135 Space Shuttle launches played simultaneously

  By Chris Welch on July 7, 2012 07:32 pm + 25 comments

  McLean Fahnestock needed to wait until Atlantis took off for the bittersweet conclusion of NASA's S Continue reading…