The Space Shuttle's return to Earth was one of the most dangerous parts of its mission. With temperatures exceeding 1650°C and plasma blocking all communications for 12 minutes, the orbiter relied on ...
Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection contains 17 digital images showing the disintegration of the Space Shuttle Columbia upon its reentry on February 1, 2003. These ...
In a bolder move than Nicolas Cage stealing the Declaration of Independence, Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are trying to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from its current home at the ...
A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...
Most rare coins experts expect these to become the most valuable modern coins ever sold, Stack's Bowers Galleries claimed. The mission, STS-93, most prominently helped deploy the Chandra X-Ray ...