CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After 30 years of spaceflight, NASA's iconic space shuttles will fly no more. The space agency's storied shuttle program ended today (July 21) when the shuttle Atlantis soared ...
SEATTLE — Hoping to be a part of history thousands of people continuously returned to the Mojave Desert in Mojave to watch space shuttle landings. During the 1980s, photographer and author Ted Huetter ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The shuttle made its final flight on the back of a modified 747 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Virginia’s Dulles International ...
This view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, clearly shows its payload bay and upper surfaces. The image was photographed by one of the Expedition 15 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station ...
Contrary to appearances, the vehicle that looked like a little space shuttle was not broken down when it was being hauled down the runway at Kennedy Space Center. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser ...
The space shuttle passed into history Thursday, as the words "wheels stop" crackled over the cockpit radio for the last time. In an almost anticlimactic end to the 30-year-old program, Atlantis and ...
When the Space Shuttle lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in 1981, it was the first reusable spacecraft. The massive orange external fuel tank was the major component designed to be destroyed on ...