space shuttle

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Retired space shuttle engineers, including a few who worked on the Discovery, wager the final bill to move and install it in a new home could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has already cut the cost of reaching space by 95% relative to the space shuttle.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

During the space shuttle era in 1981 to 2011, astronauts spent two to three weeks in space.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

When a young Glover watched a space shuttle launch on television, he immediately wanted to drive the thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

I snatched the picture frame from my dresser and removed the photo, the one at the Kennedy Space Center in front of the space shuttle Atlantis.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas