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Thirty Years of NASA Space Shuttle Missions

NASA's space shuttle fleet is hanging up its wings after 30 years. The first shuttle flight, STS-1, launched on April 12, 1981.
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Houston Space Shuttle Replica's New Name to Be Revealed Oct. 5
Space Shuttle Replica at Space Center Houston
September 20th, 2013
Houston's space shuttle mockup has a new name — and a date for its unveiling. Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for NASA's Johnson Space Center, has announced Oct. 5 as the day it will christen its full-size orbiter replica.
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30 Years Ago: First African-American Launches into Space
Guy Bluford is shown on board the shuttle mission STS-8
August 30th, 2013
Thirty years ago Friday (Aug. 30), Guion "Guy" Bluford became the first African-American in space, launching into low-Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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NASA Seeking New Uses for Apollo-Shuttle Era Launch Platforms
NASA's Mobile Launch Platform
August 22nd, 2013
The three massive metal stands from which NASA's towering Saturn rockets launched to the moon and its space shuttles blasted off for Earth orbit are in danger of being sold as scrap metal if new uses cannot be found for the mobile launch platforms.
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Richard Garriott, 2nd-Gen Space Traveler, Auctions Historic Rocket Model
Tsiolkovsky's 1903 Rocket Ship Model
September 17th, 2013
The first American space traveler to follow his astronaut father into orbit is selling some of his memorabilia, including a model based on a rocket designed by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russia's "father of space travel."
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Space History Photo: McCandless with Space Screw Gun
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August 27th, 2013
An astronaut conducts an experiment outside the Shuttle.
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Space History Photo: Atlantis Docked to Mir
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August 13th, 2013
Space Shuttle Atlantis is connected to Russia's Mir Space Station.
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NASA's Shuttle-Ferrying Jumbo Jet to Go on Display with Boeing Help
NASA's Original Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, 'NASA 905'
August 23rd, 2013
A NASA jumbo jet that for more than three decades ferried space shuttles across the country is now being readied for its own move, thanks to the support from the aerospace company that originally built the iconic Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
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Gordon Fullerton, Space Shuttle Test Pilot, Dies at 76
Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton
August 22nd, 2013
Gordon Fullerton, an Apollo-era NASA astronaut who was among the first test pilots to fly the space shuttle, died on Wednesday (Aug. 21), three years after suffering a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. He was 76.
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