Fifteen years ago today, the roar of engines and a pillar of fire lit up the Florida sky as Space Shuttle Discovery began its final journey into space.
LENEXA, Kan. (KCTV) - January 28, 1986. The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after lift-off. School teacher, Christa McAuliffe was one of 7 astronauts on board the shuttle. Schools across ...
Earlier this week the space agency issued a Request for Information (RFI) to educational institutions, museums, and "other organizations" in an attempt to sell off the remaining space shuttles in 2010 ...
Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...
A plan to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery is gaining momentum, but critics warn it could be unnecessarily expensive, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most ...