Why NASA's Space Shuttle Hitched Rides On Top Of A Boeing 747

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...

7 commercial airports with runways so long they were originally built to handle space shuttles

Many forget that airports are not always designed with airliners in mind. Many are actually designed with craft that fly much ...
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Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

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If you've already built your Space Shuttle in CityVille, you can now launch the shuttle into outer space, as a new series of ...