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Just like it did over the skies of Washington, D.C. last week, the Space Shuttle made a low-altitude fly-by over the New York City Area this morning. Everybody here at Gawker HQ scrambled to the roof and waited for a few For the first time, a space shuttle landed in New York City. Not under [...]

As the space shuttle program ends, a salute to some of its most surprising studies. By Lane Wallace Sometime Friday, or in the next few days, weather and mechanics permitting, the very last Space Shuttle mission will depart the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. For some, this marks a great loss in our [...]

By Robert Z. Pearlman Various US, military and country flags, as well as assorted space shuttle mission patches are among the mementos packed aboard Atlantis for the final space shuttle mission. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The final astronaut crew to fly on There are 30 years between the bookends of the first and last NASA [...]

The Skylon space plane, which can take off and land on runways, may be the future of spaceflight. Jul. 8, 2011 – The space shuttle Atlantis will be blasting off today for the last time. In fact, it's NASA's final shuttle launch ever, so in case you haven't caught. Space shuttle launches, missions, and landings [...]

By Katie Leslie The last mission of the space shuttle program will mirror its first: a Georgia Institute of Technology graduate will be aboard the spacecraft. Red Huber, MCT Space shuttle Atlantis, STS-135, astronaut and Georgia Tech grad Sandra Magnus There's nothing like a good theme song to give a memorable moment some emotional oomph. [...]

The final experiment of the NASA space shuttle Atlantis is the center of attention. The craft will carry four astronauts and 30 mice. The purpose of the experiment is to conduct tests on animals for a new drug for osteoporosis developed by Amgen, Freddy Porter, 5, of Raleigh NC plays with a toy space shuttle [...]

The space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off on its final mission on Friday. in honor of that, the Live at Five @4 crew decided to blast off on trip to Space Camp. Space Camp is located at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Isao Hirai built the one-tenth-scale model of [...]