After several failed attempts by the Americans, the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1 ... missions of the space shuttle, and executive officer in the Office of the NASA Administrator.

NASA's achievements include the 1958 launch of Explorer 1, the 1969 Apollo 11 ... the Juno spacecraft, the Space Shuttle program, and the Mars Science Laboratory mission. These milestones ...

You can now own a $1 gold coin celebrating one of America’s most revolutionary achievements: the NASA Space Shuttle program.

On October 31, 2002, NASA managers met at the Kennedy Space Center for a flight readiness review to discuss the shuttle Endeavour's planned launch on the next space station assembly mission.

These kinds of difficulties might give us some nostalgia for the Space Shuttle program that ran from 1981-2011. NASA built a total of 6. What were the differences between them, and which were the ...

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 mph. When slowing down to its landing speed of about 215 mph ...

In operation for 30 years, NASA's space shuttle was described by the space agency as "the world's first reusable spacecraft" and was "launched like a rocket, maneuvered in Earth orbit like a ...

The seven astronauts were killed when the shuttle broke apart on Jan. 28, 1986. (NASA) KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – On a cold Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from a ...