The final chapter of NASA’s shuttle program unfolded in 2011, with Atlantis launching on STS-135 on July 8. The mission carried four astronauts and a cargo bay filled with spare parts and ...

Congress authorized NASA to replace the Space Shuttle ... STS-89's crew members were the first to reach Mir in a shuttle other than Atlantis. Building the International Space Station Endeavour ...

On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle ...

In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...

5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the ... The final launch of the space shuttle program came on July 8, 2011, when Atlantis – now housed ...

L: The Shuttle Enterprise with 'Star Trek' cast. From L-R: Dr. James D. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, DeForest Kelley (Dr. "Bones" McCoy), George Takei (Mr. Sulu), James Doohan (Mr. Scott ...

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and ... In 2009, Wilmore piloted the Space Shuttle Atlantis on its mission to the ISS, and in 2014, he was part of the ISS crew that used a 3D printer ...

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