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How An Organisational Breakdown At NASA Let The Challenger Lift Off
The “massive malfunction” that killed seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 also forever changed NASA, an agency that seemed infallible. What breakdown in the decision-making process led to the shuttle lifting off? The organizational structure of NASA itself played a bigger role than you might imagine.
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Every Time I Watch This I’m Sure The Space Shuttle Will Lose A Wing
Check out this animated GIF. It’s the toughest moment of the space shuttle Endeavour’s drive across Los Angeles, en route to its permanent retirement place, at the Science centre.
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The First Spaceship That Will Go To Space After The Shuttle
NASA has just started work on the first space-bound Orion capsule. Here you can see a robotic arm welding the new spaceship. It will be NASA’s first manned ship in space after Atlantis returned on July 21, 2011.