Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...
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Shuttle Era (1982)
highlighting significant events such as the first space shuttle flight, the Columbia, and its subsequent missions. It details NASA's achievements in reusable space transportation, satellite ...
The unbelievable story behind the ‘most terrifying’ image NASA has ever taken of astronaut Bruce McCandless II who did the first-ever untethered spacewalk.
US Military's Mini Space Shuttle Returns to Earth After ... Blaine Stewart said in a statement. First launched in 2010, the Boeing-made, reusable space planes have spent as long as 908 days ...
From a spacecraft’s coolant leak to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, astronauts have gotten stuck in space for a ...
April 12-14, 1981 – The first space shuttle mission. Space Shuttle Columbia, the first reusable spacecraft, orbits Earth 37 times before landing. June 18-24, 1983 – Sally Ride becomes the ...