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How the Space Shuttle completed a final, daring Hubble repair 15 years ago
28 The Hubble Space Telescope continues to operate to this day in part due to the work performed 15 years ...
NASA fires up powerful Artemis moon rocket engine in key test (video)
A powerful rocket engine for moon missions just fired up for the second time in less than a week. NASA ...
Tank lift and shuttle shrink wrap
Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to ...
Space shuttle Endeavour goes off view for a few years
With the end of 2023 comes the end of an endeavor — or rather Endeavour — as the retired NASA ...
US military space plane blasts off on another secretive mission expected to last years
The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a ...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy boosts X-37B rocketplane into space
Kicking off a sky-lighting launch doubleheader, a powerful SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket vaulted away from the Kennedy Space Center on ...
30 years ago, astronauts saved the Hubble Space Telescope
It’s been about 30 years since NASA astronauts saved the Hubble Space Telescope on an immensely daring mission. At the ...
‘KSC Artist’ shares his favorite spaceflight designs of 2023
We’ve seen the 12 days of Christmas taken in many different directions and versions, but for those with a passion ...
China launches secret space plane on 3rd-ever mission
China has launched its reusable space plane for the third time. A Long March 2F rocket lofted China’s experimental spacecraft ...
Diminutive and mysterious, the Pentagon’s X-37B set to launch again
It’s an itty-bitty spaceplane, not quite 30 feet long and under 10 feet tall, with a pair of stubby wings ...
