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A familiar voice echoed through history with the words, "3, 2, 1, and liftoff of the shuttle Discovery and the Hubble ...
Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier ...
Yet Gulf rival Emirates will soon welcome dozens of Dreamliners into its fleet for the first time. British travellers are likely to be flying on the 787 for a couple of decades yet. But after the ...
Elementary students will explore flight and engineering this summer at NASA’s Junior Test Pilot School, held at iconic ...
A new generation of aerospace explorers will soon embark on a hands-on summer experience focusing on careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM). This month, NASA’s Armstrong ...
Students from Tropico Middle School in Rosamond, California, build their own paper planes as part of a project during NASA ...
After the Derby win, the Godolphin-owned 3-year-old opted out of the Preakness to focus on the Belmont, forfeiting a shot at history to win the Triple Crown. The Triple Crown hasn't been won since ...
The Boeing 747 and NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise formed an iconic partnership in aerospace history. NASA modified a Boeing 747 into the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), which was specially ...
A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour.
The Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft set recreates the prototype Enterprise and the modified Boeing 747 jetliner as they uniquely appeared when touching down at the Paris Air Show in May 1983 ...
The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983. Tony Hertz Telegram-Tribune file That was all in the future as a Boeing 747 jet carried a Space Shuttle to ...
the 747 is one of the most versatile airliners: It has done everything from serving as Air Force One to giving rides to the space shuttle. Still, perhaps no airliner past or present is likely to ...