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The Soviet's Buran Space Shuttle Was a True One-Hit Wonder
Unfortunately, in 2002 the hangar storing the Buran collapsed, destroying the lone Soviet space shuttle. Harrison Kass is a defense and national security writer with over 1,000 total pieces on ...
Virgin Galactic spaceflight chief encourages Florida Tech grads as company builds new rocket plane
Mike Moses — who earned a Florida Tech master’s degree in space sciences in 1991 — delivered a spring commencement speech on ...
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NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model
On May 18, 2025, Lego will release the new Shuttle Carrier Aircraft kit that celebrates the storied space shuttle Enterprise ...
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The Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles Secrets
Within the MZK hangar, the nearly completed Ptichka orbiter and a test model stand as decaying monuments to the USSR's ambitious attempt to rival NASA's Space Shuttle. This video delves into the ...
NASA’s massive Artemis moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight
NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut flight in less than two weeks. The 322-foot rocket emerged from its mammoth hangar late Tuesday night, drawing ...
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John Cornyn and Ted Cruz want to relocate a NASA space shuttle to Houston. Here's what it would take.
Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and ...