The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space …

The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space …

Many are familiar with Apollo 11, the mission that landed humans on the Moon for the first time. It was part of the larger Apollo program.

That’s not science fiction – that’s the reality of the Space Shuttle Program! From 1981 to 2011, space shuttles flew astronauts and payloads to space and then returned to Earth, like a plane …

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in …

The first Space Shuttle Program patch was designed by artist Robert McCall, who was also called upon to design the patch for the last shuttle mission in 2011. Sally Ride became the first …

The United States and the Soviet Union waged the Cold War for nearly 50 years after the end of World War II. No large-scale war erupted during this period, but the two countries were locked …

Operating at the 300 setting, one fan could freshen the shuttle cabin’s air volume every seven minutes or about eight times an hour. NASA transferred this fan and many other items to the …

2007年3月7日 · N. Wayne Hale Jr. and The STS-121 Shuttle Mission Team. N. Wayne Hale Jr. and the STS-121 Shuttle Mission Team are honored for executing a crucial mission that …

The pin depicts the emblem of the Shuttle-Mir program, a collaboration between the American and Russian space programs. Shuttle-Mir missions began in 1994 and helped to prepare the way …