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Final Four

An STS-135 photo album
November 16, 2012 | By Tony Reichhardt

Single Room, Earth View

America's first woman in space describes the beauty of Earth from orbit.
July 2012 | By Sally Ride

No, it never flew. But every shuttle astronaut, including the last (STS-135

Free Shuttle Artifacts!

The four orbiters are already taken, but thousands more shuttle-related items are still available—at no cost.
August 29, 2011 | By Mark Betancourt

Poster Boys (and Girls)

Astronauts show a lighter side in their unofficial crew posters.
July 08, 2011 | By Rebecca Maksel

Top Ten Shuttle Memories

Highlights from America's longest-lived space program.
July 08, 2011 | By Tony Reichhardt

Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) makes its final landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour, completing a 16-day mission to outfit the International Space Station. Endeavour spent 299 days in space and traveled more than 122.8 million miles during its 25 flights. It launched on its first mission on May 7, 1992. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Ground Effect

Landing a shuttle while re-adapting to gravity can be disorienting. Now there's a way to simulate it on the ground.
May 31, 2011 | By Mark Betancourt

<i>Ciao!</i> Italy’s military precision jet team, Frecce Tricolori (“Tricolor Arrows”), makes its first visit to North America with performances on August 2 and 3 at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 34th Fly-in Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The

1986

The year we were born.
May 2011 | By Paul Hoversten

NASA’s outhouse.

Last Bathroom for 200 Miles

When an astronaut's gotta go...
May 2011 | By Jeremy Davis

<i>Atlantis</i> as seen from the International Space Station in February 2001.

Meet the Orbiters

A fleet of winged spacecraft, the likes of which we'll never see again.
March 01, 2011 | By Michael Klesius

The people who flew on the shuttle

Shuttlenauts

The faces of the Space Shuttle Era.
January 2011 | By Tony Reichhardt

In the Age of Spaceplanes

Stories from the shuttle astronauts, in their own words.
November 18, 2010 | By The Editors

Space shuttle Atlantis was poised for its final mission in May as photographers jostled for position.

Throttle Down

How Florida’s Space Coast is bracing for the end of the space shuttle program.
November 2010 | By Tom Harpole

<b><i>Time was running out.</b></i> With the space shuttle program ending, <a href="http://www.darack.com/"target="_new">veteran writer and photographer Ed Darack</a> knew he’d have to hurry if he wanted to shoot a shuttle launch—especially a nighttime launch. <br><br>In February 2010, Darack had the opportunity to photograph space shuttle <i>Endeavour</i>‘s last-scheduled night flight. Click on the thumbnail images at right to read more about his Space Coast road trip. <br><br>“To me,” writes Darack, “the most memorable image of the first shuttle launch after the <i>Challenger</i> disaster is an iconic photograph taken in September 1988 by <a href="http://www.ressmeyer.com/target="_new">Roger Ressmeyer</a> (and published as a two-page spread in <i>Time</i> magazine) <a href="http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=RR006035&tab=details&caller=searchtarget="_new">of a flock of birds taking flight above a marsh as the space shuttle <i>Discovery</i> rises above launch pad 39B.</a> It’s an inspirational image, one that made me realize I should try to photograph a shuttle launch myself.” <br><br>This shot: a nighttime view of the countdown clock and the distant Pad 39A with <i>Endeavour</i> awaiting launch.

Night Launch

Adventures of a first-time shuttle photographer.
October 13, 2010 | By Ed Darack

The rescued crew would transfer from one shuttle to the other along the robot arm.

The Shuttle Mission No One Wants

If STS-400 launches, be prepared for one of the most dramatic spaceflights ever.
September 02, 2008 | By Paul Hoversten


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