This video explores the intricate process of getting the Space Shuttle into orbit, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space ...

Jean Wright's work as a seamstress wasn't typical: this "Sew Sister" had a mission of keeping NASA's Space Shuttle and its astronauts safe. She sewed with materials that could withstand up to 3,200 ...

In 1962, NASA’s Flight Research Center in California approved the construction of a prototype lifting body aircraft, which became the M2-F1, also known as the “ Flying Bathtub .” The designation is ...

*First of five spacewalks under way *Hubble to get new wide field camera, computer By Irene Klotz HOUSTON, May 14 (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts floated outside the space shuttle ...

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(Reuters) - Space shuttles have played a pivotal role in the U.S. space program. They made their debut in 1981 and enabled NASA to learn how to live and work in orbit. But the workhorse spacecraft ...

NASA has accounted for all civil servants and most contractors at two facilities impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Several hundred contractor employees from Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, have ...