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After sitting exposed to the elements outside the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for more than 30 years, the full-scale model of the space shuttle needs a lot of work. Just how much work is the question.

Col. Terry Wilcutt, a NASA Space Shuttle Commander born in Russellville and a Western Kentucky University graduate, speaks at the grand opening celebration for the Aviation Heritage Park Museum on ...

An autographed space shuttle model and a U.S. flag flown on the first and last shuttle missions will remain on the International Space Station (ISS) to serve as a monument to the end of NASA's shuttle ...

(NASA-TV) On February 1, 2003, as the Space Shuttle Columbia made its descent back to Earth after completing a 16-day mission in space, a real-life nightmare unfolded. The shuttle exploded and broke ...

it is with deep, heartfelt sorrow. I address you here this afternoon at 11:40 a.m. This morning Space program experienced a national tragedy with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a project ...

NASA's space shuttle reentered orbit this fall after a 15-month retirement — and this time, it was bright blue. Outlasting the real winged spacecraft by more than a decade, the new space shuttle ...

At slower than a walking pace, the prototype that helped launch America’s space shuttle program paraded down Downey streets Thursday morning on its way to a temporary housing location in preparation ...

ST. CLOUD — It’s official. St. Cloud will be the new home of the Inspiration Mock Orbiter. The Inspiration is a NASA-built model of a space shuttle that's incredibly realistic, according to the ...

The Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for a roughly 40,000-square-foot expansion that will include indoor and outdoor science learning areas and space for ...