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In April 1981, John Young — America’s premier astronaut and one of only 12 people to ever walk on the Moon — was training with co-pilot Bob Crippen for STS-1, the maiden voyage of space shuttle ...

July 31: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour's seven member crew are returning from a mission to the International Space Station. July 28: Space ...

Astronauts aboard theshuttle Endeavour are hard at work for today?s hours-long survey of the shuttleheat shield using a sensor-tipped inspection pole and robotic arm. They willscan the heat-resistant ...

– SAR performed to identify potential safety hazards associated with the ET Camera System Considering the strong controls and verifications in place, the overall likelihood of occurrence of a ...

More specifically, a Ford F-350 or a Silverado/Ram 3500 dually. Why? Because the Shuttle was the definition of heavy duty. In truth, the Shuttle didn't always fly close to fully loaded because it didn ...

NASA will begin the countdown for launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-109 Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. EST at the T-43 hour mark. This mission marks the fourth Shuttle servicing mission to the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...