Sep 6, 2023 · The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space …

May 16, 2026 · A section dedicated to model builders of NASA and space hardware, space related movies, books and entertainment.

Dec 19, 2025 · That attitude coming from the president put NASA in a difficult position. The space agency had requested funds for the remaining Apollo missions but also to study NASA’s top post …

May 15, 2024 · STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April 12, 1981, and returned on April …

The Space Shuttle Discovery flew every kind of mission an orbiter was meant to fly. As a historical object in the Museum's collection, it embodies the 30-year history of U.S. human spaceflight from …

Sep 24, 2024 · In this video, Space Shuttle Discovery undergoes mating operations in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) as it is attached to its external tank in preparation for rollout to Launch Pad …

Mar 30, 2026 · During Hansen’s youth, it became increasingly possible to imagine a Canadian doing such a thing. Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space in 1984, when he flew on STS-41G …

Nov 4, 2025 · There are three remaining space-flown space shuttle orbiters in the United States — the others, Atlantis and Endeavour, went to Florida and California, respectively.

Mar 30, 2026 · NASA's astronaut Group 20 (nicknamed "The Chumps") includes two Artemis II crewmembers: commander Reid Wiseman in the front row, second from the right, and mission …

Apr 29, 2011 · More than 20,000 tiles are installed on each space shuttle and each tile is designed to survive 100 trips to space and back. Varying in thickness from one inch (2.54 cm) to five inches (12.7 …