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Space Shuttle Columbia could Atlantis have reached orbit in time to save STS 107?
When a piece of foam struck Columbia’s wing in 2003, the damage went unnoticed until reentry tore the shuttle apart over Texas. In the months that followed, investigators examined a chilling ...
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From hypersonic test plane to spaceflight pioneer, how the X-15 reached space before the shuttle era
In 1963, a rocket plane built to push aviation to Mach 6 climbed higher than planned and carried NASA pilot Joe Walker past the Karman Line. Decades before the Space Shuttle, the X-15 blurred the line ...
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John Young grew up in College Park and walked on the moon. He also smuggled a sandwich into space
As we near Artemis II, we remember legendary NASA astronaut John Young, who grew up in College Park, walked on the moon and knew the thrill of sneaking a corned-beef sandwich into space.
From strawberries and chocolate to Indiafest and Poocharella, we've rounded up the best springtime festivals on the Space ...
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Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station
Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation's human spaceflight missions. It had been ...
SpaceX launched 26 missions from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in 2025, including four human spaceflight missions. That era is coming to an end. A massive crane was put in place this week ...
Crew-12's mission timeline has been quite dynamic. Late last month, NASA and SpaceX moved the mission's launch up from Feb.
Future SpaceX Dragon crewed missions will launch from Space Launch Complex 40. The change allows Pad 39A to be dedicated to Falcon Heavy and future Starship launches. Pad 39A has a historic legacy, ...
SpaceX received federal environmental approval for Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center, paving the way for up to 1 million AI-powering satellites. Learn what this means for Florida's Space ...
The iPhone is going orbital, and this time it will be allowed to hang around for a while. On Wednesday night, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that the Crew-12 and Artemis II astronauts will ...
If he makes the cut, Cameron Jones will become the seventh University of Illinois alum to earn the title of NASA astronaut. Here’s a glance at the six others to date, ranked in order of time spent in ...
This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - MAY 30: In this SpaceX handout image, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying ...
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