April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... and investing in commercialising aged or under-utilised assets. Facilities that once launched NASA’s Apollo and Space Shuttle missions are now launching commercial rockets. The state’s spaceport system is a living example of the transformation that...
June 2018
Striding through space
... it. By the time he was assigned to the tenth Shuttle mission, he was extensively trained and rehearsed. Suit and ...ahead through the ‘plano’ portion of the spectacles.” Shuttle launch Space Shuttle Challenger was launched on mission STS-41B on 3 ...
29 March 2021
Russia to develop new uncrewed spaceplane
... RIA Novosti, the country is developing a new mini space shuttle, that is comparable in size to the US Air force’s...the early 1970s as a response to the United States Space Shuttle programme. The project was downsized and eventually cancelled in the...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
...programme by using its technology to begin building a cislunar infrastructure Human space projects after Apollo, especially the Shuttle programme, were consistently compromised funding-wise and suffered from a lack of true purpose – which should have...
12 December 2016
John Glenn; one of NASA's original 'Mercury 7' astronauts dies aged 95
... in space on his second flight, aboard space shuttle Discovery. Image: NASA Speaking yesterday of the news...to venture into space as a crew member on the Discovery space shuttle -- once again advancing our understanding of living and working in space...
14 June 2020
Space Shuttle A Photographic Journey
... photographs, changing my mind constantly but ultimately [staying] true to my original concept”, which was to “focus primarily on the shuttle itself [and] pay homage to the…sheer beauty of the design, detail and elegance of the spacecraft”. From...
