Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are blaming political favoritism for what they call a decades-old snub—and now they’re pushing to bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back to Houston Both ...

The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – Houston. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans ...

SHREVEPORT, La - The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas as it returned to earth on Feb. 1, 2003.

There were high hopes for launching the space shuttle Discovery from Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1983, including a promotional tour where the spacecraft flew into the Central Coast base.

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The disassembled space shuttle replica owned by St. Cloud resident Felicity-John Pederson makes its way through Belleville, Wis., on June 20. The 140-foot truck arrived in Minnesota early Saturday ...

The space shuttle project was forged in the optimism of NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the moon and bested America’s Soviet rivals during the Cold War.

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 mph. When slowing down to its landing speed of about 215 mph, the orbiter ...

Space Shuttle Endeavour is now pointed toward the skies over Exposition Park in ready-to-launch position. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura County California Welcome, Mickey ...

When the shuttle was stacked with its external tank and solid rocket boosters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the assembly was done inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building — one of the ...

Space Shuttle Endeavor ready to be installed in preparations to move and lift space shuttle components in a 20-story, ready-to-launch, vertical configuration Friday Los Angeles CA/USA. Jan 26, 2024.