Space Shuttle: What Have We Learned?

Following an expected 48-hour delay, six astronauts are set to blast off into space Sunday on the space shuttle Endeavour. It's the orbiter's last voyage and the second-to-last mission in the 30-year-long space shuttle program.

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BING NEWS:
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    NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to ever set foot on the moon. Instead of ...
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    01/4/2025 - 12:00 am | View Link
  • On this date: NASA axes planned Apollo 20 mission
    On this date, Jan. 4, 1970, NASA officially canceled the Apollo 20 mission and transferred the Saturn V rocket that would have sent astronauts to the moon to the Skylab mission. NASA, in a ...
    01/3/2025 - 9:01 pm | View Link
  • US prepares to deorbit International Space Station amid China competition
    As competition in the new space race ramps up with China, the United States is preparing to deorbit the International Space Station. If a replacement is not ready by 2028, China may become the leader ...
    12/31/2024 - 11:26 am | View Link
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  • Udvar-Hazy Center | National Air and Space Museum
    The space shuttle Discovery is the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. 3 The annex was renamed the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center for its major donor who contributed $65 million for the project.
    01/4/2025 - 5:18 am | View Website
  • Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | National Air and Space Museum
    The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Blackbird SR-71, and a Concorde, in two large hangars. Hours 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
    01/3/2025 - 10:23 pm | View Website
  • The First Space Shuttle: 40 Years Since STS-1
    The legacy of the Space Shuttle program was to some degree built around the results of its very first mission. The reusable spaceplane, the Space Shuttle, ushered in a new era of human spaceflight 40 years ago this week with the launch of STS-1 on April 12, 1981.
    01/3/2025 - 12:36 pm | View Website
  • 5 Unusual Facts About Space Shuttle Discovery
    On August 30, 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its first mission—beginning its nearly 30 years of space exploration. When Discovery retired in 2011, it was NASA’s oldest and most accomplished orbiter. It flew nearly 150 million miles and spent 365 days in space, flying just about every type of mission during the shuttle era.
    01/3/2025 - 12:14 pm | View Website
  • Space Shuttle program | National Air and Space Museum
    The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit.
    01/3/2025 - 10:56 am | View Website
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