On this date: U.S. Rep. Nelson launches onboard space shuttle Columbia
On this date in 1986, Congressman Bill Nelson launches onboard Columbia on the final successful shuttle flight before the ...
How Star Trek fans changed the name of NASA’s first space shuttle
These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive ...
Blue Origin resets the countdown to New Glenn rocket’s first launch as weather concerns ease
Blue Origin is once again counting down to the first launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, buoyed by a better weather ...
On this date: Nixon directs NASA to build space shuttle program
On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle ...
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Blue Origin's New Glenn: How it compares to other rockets which launch from Cape Canaveral
According to NASA, it stood at only 184 feet when stacked on the launch pad. That's still shorter than a Falcon 9 rocket — and a Space Shuttle orbiter by itself measures only 122 feet long.
What spaceflight owes to Jimmy Carter: The president's little-known NASA legacy
Carter is hardly remembered as a champion of NASA. But he saved the space shuttle program, and his words that have been ...
The Future Of The Spacesuit; What NASA’s Artemis Astronauts Will Wear
Space Communications Specialist Alexandra Doten, AKA Astro Alexandra, on the gear designed for future space travel, what will ...
A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?
Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...
Jimmy Carter's impact on space program remembered as legacy lives on in the stars
President Jimmy Carter's impact on the U.S. space program honored in Florida where so many of the nation's space ambitions ...
On this date: Then-U.S. Rep. Bill Nelson launches on shuttle Columbia
On Jan. 12, 1986, shuttle Columbia lifted off on the final successful shuttle mission before the Challenger disaster.