This Day in History: Nixon authorizes $5.5 million to launch space shuttle program

Exactly 54 years ago today on Jan. 4, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million to develop a ...

‘Final Flight': Challenger Center to mark tragedy 40 years later

The Challenger Learning Center is honoring its namesake in 2026, the 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle tragedy ...

NASA to Demolish Iconic Towers Used to Test Saturn V, Space Shuttle

The Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, also known as the T-tower, was built in 1957 by the Army Ballistic Missile ...
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Medal, First Space Shuttle Flight Achievement Award, Sally Ride

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This First Shuttle Flight Achievement ...
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Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101 Film Footage

This collection consists of the following twenty-two 16mm films relating to the Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101: 747/F-104 Shuttle Orbiter Launch Simulation; Orbiter/747 Separation (Wind ...
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Weather threatens Saturday's liftoff of space shuttle

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Clouds in the forecast raised doubts Wednesday about whether Discovery would get off the launch pad this weekend for the first space shuttle flight in nearly a year. There was a ...
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NASA prepares demolition of historic test facilities at Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA prepares to demolish three historic test facilities at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of a larger project to modernize the campus and archive their histories.