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Launch Complex 39: From Saturn to Shuttle to SpaceX and SLS
It is the same one used by the last NASA astronauts to launch from American soil, the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew in July 2011. Indeed, Launch Complex 39 A and B have been the site of every U.S ...
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Two rockets close to launch show off at Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Decades ago, it was common to see space shuttles on Kennedy's two launch pads, but the last time ... when the shuttle Endeavour stopped on platform 39B while the Atlantis shuttle was launched ...
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Meet the NASA astronauts who will be first to fly on Boeing's Starliner spaceship
Two NASA astronauts are set to become the first in history to launch into space aboard a ... A Tennessee native, he piloted the space shuttle Atlantis to the space station in 2009, and also ...
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SpaceX has proven it can fly astronauts. Here's how Elon Musk's company became the first to help NASA resurrect US spaceflight.
That's what spurred NASA to launch its Commercial Crew program ... to carry astronauts to and from space was Atlantis, NASA's last space shuttle. It launched and landed in July 2011.
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Here's why NASA raided a California museum to cannibalize an old ship
"Using the shuttle tanks, which still have a large percentage of their design life available since they were only used for 25 missions (Endeavour) and 33 missions (Atlantis) and were rated for 100 ...