Why NASA's Space Shuttle Hitched Rides On Top Of A Boeing 747

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...

OTD in space - May 16: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on final flight

On May 16, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight. This was also the penultimate mission of ...

Cleveland-born astronaut G. David Low brought socks to space

G. David Low spent 12 years as an astronaut before becoming an aerospace executive in the private sector. He died in 2008.
Time

How the Inspiration4 Mission Fits Into the Long History of Civilian Space Travel

Payload specialists in training for STS-51L take a break in shuttle emergency egress training in 1986. Left to right: Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan. McAuliffe was selected as ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

They fixed Hubble telescope: Pair of shuttle-era astronauts enter U.S. hall of fame

NASA astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, both four-time space shuttle veterans, and two of the few people to ever touch the ...