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What really happens when a space shuttle returns with no astronauts

When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering choice. From military spaceplanes to commercial capsules, uncrewed returns ...

Final NASA space shuttle crew reflects under Atlantis 15 years later

The final NASA Space Shuttle crew reunited under Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the 15th anniversary of ...

Final space shuttle crew reunites at Kennedy Space Center 15 years after launch

If it were up to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program, they would have kept flying. Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A on ...
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NASA Returns the Shuttle Atlantis Back to the Launch Pad

NASA — A drop in storm intensity has caused the U.S. space agency NASA to return the shuttle Atlantis back to the launch pad after it was being pulled toward its hangar for shelter. The reversal means ...

NASA's Kennedy Space Center VAB remains the heart of American space flight

A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its ...