NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad
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Jared Isaacman, NASA’s newly confirmed leader, says he will determine whether moving Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston will be affordable and if it will keep the historic shuttle intact. Experts have cast doubt.
Space Shuttle Discovery on display at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center - Vlad G/Shutterstock NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at his confirmation hearing - Anna Moneymaker/ The thing is, NASA and the Smithsonian are right to fight back,
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Jan. 16, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia's final launch
On Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its 28th mission, STS-107. NASA had five additional space shuttle missions planned for 2003, but STS-107 was the only one focused on scientific research;
An Artemis Orion capsule could take space shuttle Discovery's place in Houston, NASA's new chief says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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NASA demolishes historic test stands that built the Space Age
Two massive test stands at Marshall Space Flight Center that helped send humans to the moon collapsed in carefully choreographed implosions, their steel frameworks crumbling in seconds after decades standing as monuments to U.