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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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See a photo chronicle of NASA's space shuttle Challenger accident on Jan. 28, 1986.
Ten years ago this month the devastating Columbia accident took the lives of seven astronauts.
President Obama has visited NASA facilities and spoken with astronauts in space since taking office in 2009.
A temporary exhibition about the space shuttle opened Jan. 17.
Columbia broke apart upon re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Manhattan's Intrepid Museum reopened for the first time after Hurricane Sandy damage was repaired.
The damage Enterprise suffered during "Superstorm Sandy" is minor, museum officials say.
Atlantis takes flight.
Ride had led Grail's MoonKAM project, which allowed kids to choose sites for the spacecraft to photograph.
An astronaut perched, ready to grab the Intelasat VI satellite.
The orbiter Atlantis holds the spacecraft in its payload bay.
NASA's space shuttle program included five orbiters and one prototype. Which was your fave?
The museum display has space shuttle Atlantis tilted to look as if it's still soaring through space.
Canada's first astronaut Marc Garneau is trading his spacesuit for politics.
The jumbo jet will soon go on public display.
The exhibit opens to the public this Saturday (Nov. 10).
The retired shuttle orbiter Atlantis arrived at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center.
The shuttle Atlantis departed its Vehicle Assembly Building to make the 9.8 mile trek to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center.
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