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History Channel team finds large piece of space shuttle Challenger on ocean floor
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The TV documentary team was searching for a downed World War II aircraft when it discovered the NASA artifact.
NASA's last space shuttle cabin trainer lands at Lone Star Flight Museum
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The last of NASA's space shuttle crew cabin mockups to leave the training room floor has arrived at its new home, the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston.
'Quantum Leap' showrunner, tech advisor on recreating space shuttle for 'Atlantis'
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
It could probably go without saying, but for the record, the space shuttle mission shown on "Quantum Leap" did not happen. The episode "Atlantis" had Ben Song leap into the body of an astronaut.
Don Lind, shuttle astronaut whose moon mission was canceled, dies at 92
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
Don Lind, a former NASA astronaut who helped plan humanity's first moonwalk before launching on the space shuttle, has died at the age of 92. His first and only spaceflight was on Challenger in 1985.
Statue of Sally Ride, first American woman in space, unveiled at aviation museum
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
With the crowd cheering "Ride, Sally Ride," a monument to the first American woman to fly into space was unveiled outside of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island, New York.
Shuttle fliers enter Astronaut Hall of Fame with eye on future in space
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
At an event celebrating their past, the new inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, David Leestma, Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson, looked to the future for the promise of space exploration.
Groundbreaking sets stage for space shuttle Endeavour launch-like display
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
It is a sight that gave astronauts a reason to pause, and soon it will be one that the public can see for themselves at the California Science Center: a space shuttle standing poised for launch.
NASA chief Bill Nelson urges action after 'heavy weight' of recent mass shootings
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson added his voice Wednesday (May 25) to the chorus urging action to prevent mass shootings.
Groundbreaking set for launchpad-like display of retired space shuttle Endeavour
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is soon to be the focus of a groundbreaking. The California Science Center is set to begin of construction of a museum that will display Endeavour poised for launch.
Soviet-era space shuttle carrier aircraft destroyed in Russian attack on Ukraine
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has destroyed a "large" part of its space history, with reports confirming the fate of an enormous aircraft that was originally built to transport Soviet space shuttles.
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