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
From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Nasa's "Type A" grade puts the Starliner incident at the same level assigned to the fatal 2023 Columbia and 1986 Challenger space shuttle disasters.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
The space shuttle always waits for zero before it blasts into the air.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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