On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big ...

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Despite the bankruptcy, Pederson's daughter and a local business leader are continuing efforts to establish a permanent home for the Inspiration Mock Orbiter space shuttle project. Felicity-John ...

the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 24, 1990. Since it orbits above the Earth, it can capture better cosmic images ...

As a result, a daring rescue mission was planned. Astronauts rode to Hubble in orbit aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and installed corrective optics in 1993, restoring the telescope's vision.

But Hubble was designed to be serviced in orbit, and astronauts did just that during a space shuttle mission in December 1993. They fixed the mirror problem, giving Hubble the far-reaching 20/20 ...

The Lego Shuttle Carrier Aircraft model isn’t the only cool space-themed Lego set up for grabs. Other sets based on aerospace vehicles are also available, such as the Lego Icons: NASA Space ...

Then, due to the loss of Challenger in January 1986 and the ensuing pause of the space shuttle program, Hubble would wait yet another five years before reaching orbit. Hubble was built with a ...

The RS-25s are refurbished engines left over from the Space Shuttle program. During that era, technicians swapped out main engines several times when the shuttle was on the launch pad. NASA ...