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Space shuttle Discovery is headed to Houston. The Smithsonian and NASA say it may have to be sent in pieces

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space ...
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NASA Tests Space Shuttle Engine That Will Power Moon Mission Five Years in the Future

American space agency NASA and space company L3Harris announced they've conducted a test firing of the second new RS-25 ...
Earth.com

NASA's Dream Chaser 'mini shuttle' has a flight schedule change

NASA and Sierra Space are skipping the ISS on Dream Chaser’s first mission, opting for a 2026 free flight to test the ...

Why Did NASA Choose A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle?

NASA's space shuttle was a large, heavy vehicle, and needed an even larger, heavier low-wing aircraft to transport it across ...
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Shuttle-C – NASA's Abandoned Unmanned Space Shuttle

The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which took the lives of 7 astronauts, changed NASA’s culture and risk-appetite ...
AOL

Moving NASA Space Shuttle to Texas from DC Could Damage It, Experts Say

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...
SpaceNews

NASA Astronaut Featured at Space Shuttle Anniversary Celebration

Astronaut Stephen Robinson, a native of Sacramento, will be the featured speaker at NASA Ames Research Center on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, highlighting a week-long celebration of the 25th ...
The Washington Post

NASA Faulted on Bid to Resume Shuttle Flights

House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-N.Y.) said yesterday that NASA is rushing to meet an "unrealistic" deadline for resuming space shuttle operations and should take more time ...