2006 Space Shuttle Discovery launch
NASA's 30-year Space Transportation System (STS) program came to an end on 21st July 2011. The Space Shuttle fleet delivered the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and dozens of satellites, space probes, crew and supplies. Two Shuttles were lost: Challenger in 1986 and Colum...
From the upcoming Special Edition Ascent: Commemorating Space Shuttle DVD/BluRay by NASA/Glenn a movie from the point of view of the Solid Rocket Booster with sound mixing and enhancement done by the folks at Skywalker Sound. The sound is all from the camera microphones and not fake or replaced w...
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An idea born in unsettled times becomes a feat of engineering excellence. The most complex machine ever built to bring humans to and from space and eventually construct the next stop on the road to space exploration.
My name is Raul Oaida (from Romania) and this is my LEGO tribute to the end of the space shuttle era. Proving that although retired, this machine can still fly, albeit in toy form. The launch took place from central Germany (easy flight clearance) and reached a max altitude of 35000m. A 1600g met...
Recorded March 31, 1986. Part 8 of 10... AGS fined, suspended for illegal activities. CHALLENGER, Part VIII. Plutonium for next shuttle. LIBYA, Part I Reagan and the Gulf of Sidra. Creating conflicts for military excuses. WLLIAM WILSON, Reagan, Vatican and Khadafi. ARMAGEDDON to start in "Libya."...
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. Debris f...
A pair of retrofitted jumbo 747's carried the orbiters cross country on many occasions. With the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, they'll make their final deliveries of Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise to their new museum homes.
CNN's John Zarrella gives us a rare look inside the one of NASA's retired space shuttles.
The Enterprise - the first US shuttle ever built - swept across the Manhattan skyline for a historic final flyover. It left the Washington DC atop a Boeing 747 jet and was filmed flying past landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty.
An unusual flying object is zooming around New York City's airspace. It's the space shuttle Enterprise, riding on top of a modified jumbo jet. The shuttle prototype was brought from Washington to New York, heading to a museum there. (April 27) Subscribe to the Associated Press: bit.ly Download AP...
