Space Shuttle
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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.

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
An astronaut who launched on the first space shuttle to fly with a full crew and two crew members who flew on the last space shuttle to launch will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
Hollywood has finally taken inspiration from the decade-ago move of a NASA space shuttle through the streets of Los Angeles and it only took the moon falling out of the sky for it to happen.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Reference Space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986, changing NASA's space program forever.

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By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
Artifacts that were recovered from the fallen space shuttle Challenger and prepared for presentation to the President of the United States have been recovered again, 36 years later.

By Elizabeth Howell, Daisy Dobrijevic Published
Reference Space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle in space and performed 28 flights. Columbia's final flight ended in disaster as it broke apart during re-entry.

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
Forty-five years after it made its public debut, NASA's space shuttle Enterprise is being rolled out again, this time as a rollerball pen. Retro 51 announced its new Space Shuttle Enterprise Tornado.
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