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This head-on photograph of NASA's space shuttle Columbia was taken during post-landing servicing on Rogers dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.

The First Space Shuttle Flight Into Space

By Nola Taylor Tillman published

The first launch of the space shuttle Columbia touched off a new era in space flight.

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Skylab 3 science pilot Owen Garriott is seen stationed at the Apollo Telescope Mount console aboard the Skylab space station.

Owen Garriott, Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 88

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Owen Garriott, a Skylab and space shuttle astronaut who was the first to use amateur radio from orbit, has died at the age of 88

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Astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Saturday, April 6, 2019, under the display of the retired space shuttle Atlantis at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. They unveiled their plaques, which will be placed in the Hall of Fame at the visitor complex.

Astronaut Hall of Fame Adds Space Shuttle Fliers Jim Buchli, Janet Kavandi

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Shuttle astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavendi are the latest inductees to the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

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Shuttle Veterans Buchli, Kavandi to Enter Astronaut Hall of Fame

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A member of NASA's "Thirty-Five New Guys" and the 35th woman to fly into space will enter the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in April.

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NASA astronaut Rick Searfoss, seen here as STS-76 pilot in 1996, is seen on the aft flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis

Astronaut Rick Searfoss, Who Flew On Three Space Shuttle Missions, Dies at 62

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

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"The Race for Space" album

A Space-Themed Band from London Just Rocked Out with NASA's Shuttle Enterprise in NYC

By Chelsea Gohd published

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STS-6 crewmates Don Peterson (at right) and Story Musgrave perform the first shuttle-era spacewalk outside Challenger in 1983.

Astronaut Don Peterson, Who Made First Shuttle Spacewalk, Dies at 84

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Astronaut Don Peterson, who first trained for a classified space station before he became one of the first people to spacewalk from the space shuttle, has died at 84.

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Astronaut Hall of Fame Adds Space Shuttle Commander and Spacewalker

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

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Leonid Kadenyuk, First Ukrainian Astronaut Who Flew on US Space Shuttle, Dies at 67

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Leonid Kadenyuk, the first astronaut from an independent Ukraine who made his first and only flight aboard space shuttle Columbia in the late 1990s, has died.

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Debris From Fallen Space Shuttle Columbia Has New Mission 15 Years After Tragedy

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

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