You’ll be flipping dozens of them just to power up the guidance computer or initiate reentry procedures. In almost every game ...
The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...
The rocket will propel NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft into orbit to begin ...
Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its second trip into space. Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly rode the reusable, ...
B—but it can rapidly change orbits, deploy payloads, or conduct on-orbit servicing, giving it clear intelligence or counter-space value.
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The Backup Space Shuttle

Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003, a dinner-plate sized piece of insulating foam tore off the space shuttle ...
Three American and Russian astronauts landed at the International Space Station for the first time in November 2000. We take a look back at some of the station’s biggest moments.
The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, boasting a guest list of nearly ...
Even without the ISS, some humans will stay off planet for the foreseeable future. There is no plan to stop the continuous ...
You could say it’s “atmospheric fun”, and you do not have to leave Earth. Katy Compton from the Mulva Cultural Center discusses the current exhibit, open to the public, ...
Astronaut John Herrington, who spent his boyhood in Colorado Springs, works to inspire Native youth to become more involved ...