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Jan. 16, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia's final launch

On Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its 28th mission, STS-107. NASA had five additional space shuttle ...

New NASA head appears to slow controversial Discovery shuttle move

Jared Isaacman, the new NASA administrator, signaled he was open to offering other spacecraft to Texas instead of the ...
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A typical space shuttle mission

The Space Shuttle was operated by NASA for 30 years, with its last flight occurring in 2011. Trump Cabinet secretaries ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book Explains the Delay in Hiring Women as Astronauts

Find out how NASA’s astronaut selection process has evolved. Diane Tedeschi Marsha Ivins (at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in 1995) flew on five space shuttle missions, logging more than 1,300 hours ...
Government Technology

U.S. Space Force Prepping Secretive Mini Shuttle Launch

(TNS) — It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit ...
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Space Shuttle's Risky Mission to Fix Hubble Telescope

The shuttle Atlantis is about 8000 miles from the Hubble Space Telescope and closing for the rendezvous and capture tomorrow. Yesterday’s liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis did unusual damage to the ...