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New York museum opens space shuttle Enterprise to public
NEW YORK — A New York aerospace museum opened the space shuttle Enterprise to the public Thursday. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum has installed the space shuttle on the runway of the aircraft carrier “Intrepid”, a museum facility docked at a pier on Manhattan’s West Side. NASA administrator…
Smithsonian welcomes space shuttle Discovery
Discovery on Thursday became the first spaceship of the retired US shuttle fleet to enter its permanent home as a museum artifact, marking a solemn end to the 30-year manned spaceflight program. The oldest surviving US shuttle, Discovery flew 39 missions to space beginning in 1984 and its transition from…
Space Shuttle Discovery takes its final flight
The Space Shuttle Discovery made its final flight Tuesday morning aboard a modified Boeing 747 to Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C., traveling to its future home at The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The flight began at 7 a.m. at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and…
Shuttle Discovery ‘ready to fly’ on last space mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – NASA said Tuesday the space shuttle Discovery is “ready to fly” on its final mission to the International Space Station and weather looks good for launch on February 24. “Over the last few months the team has been very busy effecting repairs to the external tank…
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