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Leland Melvin said that flying a space shuttle was significantly less nerve-wracking than being racially profiled by the ...
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Moving the space shuttle to Texas just got a lot more complicated

NASA has clarified that any attempt to move the Discovery space shuttle from Virginia to Texas could not involve its disassembly—more or less making the project impossible. Texas lawmakers haven’t ...
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Challenger: Memories, reflections of a dark day in space history

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - 40 years ago, NASA was on a frenetic path to get shuttles flying. In fact, the Kennedy Space Center’s “dance card” for January 1986 was full. Marine and pilot-turned-astronaut ...
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A closer look at NASA's space shuttle journey

The Space Shuttle was operated by NASA for 30 years, with its last flight occurring in 2011. #Space #NASA #SpaceShuttle ...

I got turned down to be a NASA astronaut 3 times — here's what finally worked

Former NASA astronaut, Mike Massimino, shares his journey to achieving his dream by overcoming vision challenges and multiple ...
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In 1984, a NASA Astronaut Flew Untethered. The Footage Is Magnificent and Also Anxiety Fuel

NASA. On February 7, 1984, Bruce McCandless II slipped out of space shuttle Challenger and became something no human had ever ...

NASA delays shuttle launch until June

NASA says it will try to launch Atlantis on the first space shuttle mission of the year in early June, almost three months later than originally planned, so that technicians can finish repairing its ...