When George Nield, PhD, was growing up in the Annandale and Springfield areas, he watched the Mercury astronauts’ launches on ...

From landing on the moon to navigating the Mars rover, NASA — the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — has captured the imagination of children and adults alike since its founding in 1958.

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, ...

The space shuttle isn’t the most graceful design ever (although it can look great in such pictures as the first one here): it’s a bit boxy, more akin to an 18-wheeler than a Ferrari. But the idea of a ...

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