Items tagged with Space Shuttle

NASA’s iconic space shuttle Endeavour has been hoisted into launch configuration to be displayed at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. A mammoth 450-foot crane and metal sling were used to maneuver the spacecraft into its launch position as part of a process that took six-months to complete. The last... Read more...
Residents in California reported strange and mysterious lights streaking across the night sky on Friday night, leaving many questioning their origin. It turns out the explanation for the streaking orbs seen across California was fairly simple. Hundreds of residents in California were able to capture images and... Read more...
As NASA prepares to send humans back to the Moon and eventually Mars, a grim reminder of the dangers involved was discovered off the coast of Florida. While a TV documentary crew sought to find a WWII-era aircraft in the Bermuda Triangle, they found a piece of the space shuttle Challenger on the seafloor... Read more...
Only 3 1/2 months late, the first humanoid robot has finally made it into space, on the last flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The mission, STS-133, was supposed to launch, along with Robonaut 2, on Nov. 1 of last year. However, the last flight of Discovery was delayed for numerous reasons, including a hydrogen leak, which was followed... Read more...