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Space Shuttle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital ...

NASA - Space Shuttle
Image above: At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is towed inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2). Shuttle Endeavour will remain ...

Final Flight of NASA's Space Shuttle | Final Shuttle Missions ...
NASA's final space shuttle mission will launch on July 8 to end the space shuttle program. SPACE.com provides live coverage of the final flight.

Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NASA's Space Shuttle program, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011.

Space Shuttle - News - Science - The New York Times
News about space shuttle. Commentary and archival information about space shuttle from The New York Times.

Space Shuttle - New World Encyclopedia
Space Shuttle; Space Shuttle Atlantis on the launch pad prior to the STS-115 mission. Fact sheet; Function: Manned Re-usable Spaceplane: Manufacturer: United Space ...

Space Shuttle - History Home
General Information; The Flights of the Space Shuttle : Basic information about each mission in the Space Shuttle. Space Shuttle Orbiter : Technical details on the ...

space shuttle: Definition from Answers.com
n. A reusable spacecraft with wings for controlled descent in the atmosphere, designed to transport astronauts between Earth and an orbiting space station and also ...

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Marks Nine-Year Anniversary (PHOTOS)
February 1, 2012 is the ninth anniversary Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, which claimed the lives of all seven crew members. The shuttle disintegrated ...

Space Shuttle: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
The Space Shuttle is a reusable launch system and orbital spacecraft. operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for human spaceflight

* Latest Astronomy in the News *

Los Angeles Times

Man who warned of 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 73
Washington Post
NEPHI, Utah — Roger Boisjoly, a NASA contractor who repeatedly voiced concerns about the space shuttle Challenger before it exploded, has died. He was 73. Boisjoly died of cancer on Jan. 6 in Nephi, about 40 miles south of Provo, his wife Roberta ...
Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challenger launchLos Angeles Times
Man who warned of Challenger disaster dies at 73Fox News
Remembering Roger Boisjoly: He Tried To Stop Shuttle Challenger LaunchNPR (blog)

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msnbc.com

Janice Voss, veteran of 5 space shuttle flights, dies at 55
msnbc.com
6, 2012, at age 55, is pictured on the flight deck of the space shuttle Endeavour during the STS-99 mission in 2000. By Robert Z. Pearlman Astronaut Janice Voss, a veteran of five spaceflights and a former science director for a NASA exoplanet-hunting ...
NASA astronaut Janice Voss dies, flew on five space shuttle missionscollectSPACE.com
Shuttle astronaut Janice Voss, 57, dies; flew in space five timesPocono Record
Astronaut Janice Voss DiesMarketWatch (press release)
Rockford Register Star -ABC News
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CBC.ca

Record response to call for new astronauts
UPI.com
This NASA image taken on July 12, 2011 shows NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 28 flight engineer, as he waits at an International Space Station's pressurized mating adapter (PMA-2) docked to the space shuttle Atlantis, as the station's robotic ...
NASA: Record number of astronaut applicants, but no spaceshipsChristian Science Monitor
NASA flooded with applications for next class of astronautsmsnbc.com
Over 6300 Respond to NASA's Request for Astronaut ApplicantsYahoo! Contributors Network
The State Column -Bizjournals.com -SmartPlanet.com (blog)
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Chicago Tribune

Rather Than Race To The Moon, The US Should Set Its Sights On Mars
Forbes
That last comment referred to the fact that last September, two months after the final Shuttle mission halted the US ability to put Americans in orbit, a Tiangong-1 rocket inserted the first module of a planned Chinese space station from a launch site ...
Bang, zoom, straight to the moonThe Arenac County Independent
Three American Presidents Have Aimed for the MoonYahoo! Contributors Network
On 'Saturday Night Live,' Newt Gingrich is moon president [Video]Los Angeles Times
Washington Post (blog)
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Spaceflight Now

NASA poised to make further commercial crew investment
Spaceflight Now
The commercial crew program is the key to ending NASA's reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecraft for human transportation to and from the space station since the retirement of the space shuttle. NASA officials expect commercial crew service to begin no ...
NASA calls for new taxis to fly to Space StationReuters UK
NASA commercial spaceflight back for thirdsFlightglobal

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Popular Mechanics

Elon Musk on SpaceX's Reusable Rocket Plans
Popular Mechanics
The original premise of the space shuttle program was that the vehicle would be turned around within days; it ended up being months, which is one of the reasons that it never met its cost goals. What about a reusable Falcon?

USA TODAY

Space Shuttle Discovery headed to the Smithsonian
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is preparing to welcome the space shuttle Discovery into its collection. John Raoux, AP Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough says the shuttle will be flown to Washington Dulles ...
Shuttle will be flown to Dulles on the back of a Boeing 747NBC4 Washington

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Christian Science Monitor

Russian setbacks stress NASA's need for private spaceships
msnbc.com
Instead, Russia is preparing the next spaceship on the line, which means the liftoff will occur no earlier than May 15, NASA's space station program manager Mike Suffredini announced Thursday. Since the retirement of NASA's space shuttle program last ...
Commercial space missions promise and complicationsExaminer.com
NASA science chief advocates ties with human spaceflightSpaceflight Now
SpaceX launch will be a key test for NASAUSA TODAY
Orlando Business Journal -Christian Science Monitor -EarthSky
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UPI.com

FAA funding bill gets Senate approval
UPI.com
Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas., listens as reporters ask questions about the delayed launch of Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 13, 2005. (UPI File Photo/Marino-Cantrell). WASHINGTON, Feb.

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Three space shuttle veterans selected for Astronaut Hall of Fame
collectSPACE.com
The three veteran space shuttle crew members will be added to the 79 astronauts enshrined in the Hall of Fame since 1990, including all of NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo program pioneers. The US Astronaut Hall of Fame at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...
Three space shuttle veterans to enter Astronaut Hall of Famemsnbc.com
NASA holds day of remembrance at Arlington for astronauts who lost lives for ...Washington Post
Apollo 1, 45 years laterWaterbury Republican American (blog)
9NEWS.com
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