NASA's prototype orbiter Enterprise, atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, departed Dryden (today, Armstrong) Flight Research Center in California on May 16, 1983, on the first leg of its ...

NASA’s 747 space observatory is reaching the end of its flight plan. The story behind a unique flying observatory—and why it's being retired. By Tatyana Woodall. Published May 9, 2022 7:00 AM EDT.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery's ride to retirement, NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), has come a long way since it first took to the air in the 1970s as ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has recently begun sending back the first color images of Pluto and Charon, and they are spectacular. But prior to the probe making its close approach to Pluto on ...

NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model; Almost four years in the making, Independence Plaza is the only place in the world where the public can see a ...

Data from NASA's flying observatory, nicknamed "SOFIA," was responsible for finding molecular water (H2O) on the moon. Housed inside the former Pan Am and United Airlines Boeing 747 is a far ...

Boeing's 747 is an icon, but its future is in doubt. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 66°F. Friday, June 28th 2024 Digital Replica Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News.

This modified NASA Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft brought the space shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday. The inside is mostly empty except for some ...

Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier ...

A Look Inside NASA's 747 That Carries an Enormous Telescope. ... Operated jointly by NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), SOFIA is one of the most unique observatories in the world.

NASA's prototype orbiter Enterprise, atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, departed Dryden (today, Armstrong) Flight Research Center in California on May 16, 1983, on the first leg of its ...