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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 ...
There has been much discussion in the space community recently about building large data centers in orbit to avoid the ...
Harvesting solar energy in orbit and beaming it down to Earth is a decades-old idea. Now, a raft of companies say they could ...
When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...
Being in orbit is great. Not so much if you want a carbonated beverage Andrew J. Ross These two cola cans—which were customized for use aboard the space shuttle—are in the permanent collection of the ...
Space is no longer the final frontier it once seemed. Today, our planet's orbit resembles a cosmic junkyard where millions of ...
The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who ...
The International Space Station is marking 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit. Nearly 300 people have lived aboard ...
On Oct. 26, a SpaceX liftoff from Florida saw SpaceX break its own annual launch record. Soon, Florida's Space Coast will see another record broken.
Seasonal delights and space do go together. Here's a first look at the Taste of Space: Fall Bites! offerings at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.