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Odyssey of Apollo 13 Became NASA’s ‘Successful Failure’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Apollo 13 lifted-off fifty-years ago on Saturday to begin the third crewed mission to land on the Moon, but quickly became an odyssey of survival in deep…
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Upclose: Two Engineers Discuss Servicing Space Shuttle Atlantis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s space shuttle fleet served as an orbiting workshop for thirty years — a space truck which delivered a variety of spacecraft and segments of the International Space…
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VIDEO: Dream Chaser Flies for Captive Carry Test over Edwards AFB
The engineering test article for Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser ‘spaceplane’ took to the skies on Aug 30 over NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, located at Edwards Air Force Base,…
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Dream Chaser ‘Spaceplane’ Has Faced Challenges, But Success Now Within Reach
To many avgeeks, NASA’s space shuttles will always hold a special place in their hearts. Now retired from service, they were – for a long time – the only reusable,…
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