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After 10 years, NASA’s space plane is finally cleared for flight

NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after the agency first backed the concept. The lifting-body vehicle known as Dream ...
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Space Shuttle Discovery Draws Eyes to Sky for Final Flight

NASA's space shuttle Discovery captivated people in and around the nation's capital Tuesday as it flew piggy-back on a 747 over the Capitol en route on its last landing at Dulles International Airport ...
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40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

It was 40 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the space shuttle Challenger blasted off on its 10th mission to space. Sadly, the vehicle never made it there. Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff ...

I visited the National Air and Space Museum's lesser-known second location. One exhibit stopped me in my tracks.

The National Air and Space Museum's lesser-known second location offers a larger exhibit space with over 200 historic ...
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Post-Challenger Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Rates and Utilization

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