The Space Shuttle
News items reporting on the space shuttle
Nasa's space shuttle site - For the latest information see the NASA human spaceflight page
For info on the Columbia investigation see the STS-107 Investigation Reference page.
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Feb 10, 2011
"NASA is checking the space shuttle Discovery for any damage caused by a tool dropped at its launch pad."
Feb 4, 2011
"This year, NASA will launch its final Space Shuttle missions. The development of the Shuttle had sprung from the supersonic rocket planes of Chuck Yeager, and was an answer to the question: what is the best way to send man into space?"
Feb 3, 2011
"The U.S. Air Force's jet and rocket planes were the precursors of NASA's space shuttle fleet."
Feb 2, 2011
"A new Texas museum opens today (Feb. 1) to honor the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-astronaut crew on the eighth anniversary of the fatal disaster that ended the orbiter's final mission."
Feb 1, 2011
"NASA's space shuttles are amazing flying machines. They launch like rocket, land like airplanes and then hit the hangar for a pit stop before turning around and doing it again."
Feb 1, 2011
"Space shuttle Discovery repeated history Monday night (Jan. 31), making its final trip to the launch pad."
Jan 31, 2011
"The shuttle Discovery is set to roll out to the launch pad Jan. 31 ahead of its final mission"
Jan 31, 2011
"This year, NASA will launch its final Space Shuttle missions. The development of the Shuttle sprang from the supersonic rocket planes of Chuck Yeager, and was an answer to the question: what is the best way to send man into space?"
Jan 30, 2011
"Gabrielle Giffords's husband must decide whether to move ahead with commanding the space shuttle in April."
Jan 29, 2011
"SPACE.com takes a look at NASA's Challenger shuttle disaster 25 years later."
