space shuttles
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All Modern American Rockets And Spaceships Compared
This is a very neat graphic: all modern American rockets and spaceships compared, from XCOR’s Lynx — a two-seat space transport vehicle — to NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System. And, of course, the classic Saturn V added for good measure.
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NASA Captures Shuttle’s Capitol Hill Flyby With Instagram
On its final flight, the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft that bore Space Shuttle Discovery took the liberty of buzzing Capitol Hill. NASA was there to preserve the moment — then apply a filter and post it on the internets.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Flies To Its Retirement Home
The Space Shuttle Discovery will make its final airborne journey tomorrow. The storied spacecraft will be ferried on the back of a Boeing 747 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Dulles International Airport outside Washington DC. The plane’s final destination is the nearby Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space…
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One Beautiful Image Of The Space Shuttle
Some cray-cray individuals think that the Canary Islands were the door to the lost continent of Atlantis. That’s one of the reasons I like this image of Atlantis — the space shuttle — flying parallel to the Canarian island of Tenerife.