A lifelong fascination with outer space inspired British author Samantha Harvey to write her novel "Orbital," which won the prestigious Booker Prize this week. "It seems a slightly eccentric choice ...

A lifelong fascination with outer space inspired British author Samantha Harvey to write her novel "Orbital", which this week ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Samantha Harvey about her new book Orbital, which examines the fascinating mundane-ness of outer space from the perspective of an international space station.

The Space Shuttle is made of up of the Orbiter Vehicle, the External Tank, and 2 Solid Rocket Boosters. Missions were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There were five orbiters built to ...