NASA sends 2 cents to the space station
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Tag: Space shuttle Challenger
Northrop Grumman names Cygnus cargo craft for the downed Challenger commander
The commander of the unsuccessful space shuttle flight Challenger is being remembered 40 years after his first space flight with a commercial spacecraft that bears …
The chaotic days leading up to the Challenger disaster – and the horrific aftermath
In the dying days of World War II, one of Hitler’s most prominent rocket scientists put forward an ambitious plan to strike America. Eugen Sänger’s …
5 ways the Columbia disaster changed spaceflight forever
The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Last Flight” reveals the events that eventually led to disaster. The four-part documentary concludes at 9 pm …
Richard Truly, space shuttle astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at age 86
Richard “Dick” Truly, who was one of the first astronauts to fly on the space shuttle and later led NASA as its eighth administrator, died …