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In the summer of 1995, Robert Williams, then director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the Hubble ...
Our list of top things to do this weekend includes a historic reenactment, a Cinco de Mayo celebration and more ...
Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and ...
The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...
A new bill, the Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, aims to relocate the retired Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian ...
all 24,000 pounds of the Hubble Space Telescope were tucked away inside the Discovery space shuttle when it launched into space. Thirty-five years later, NASA says Hubble has proven to have ...
NASA's Oldest Astronaut Felt the Decades Melt Away in Space Before Returning on His 70th ... was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle flight in 1998. But he’d been gone from NASA ...
For kids who want to learn about the solar system, there's the clever Earth and Moon in Orbit, while tots can have fun playing with the chunky Space Shuttle Adventures set. If you're looking for ...
it takes courage to sit on a rocket after seeing launch pad and mid-flight takeoff failures (including the loss of lives of our brave crews in space shuttle failures). This could have been a ...
Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle flight in 1998. But he’d been gone from NASA ...
What’s up, Dark Knight? Before Bugs Bunny celebrates his 85th anniversary in July, the hare extraordinaire is marking another ...