space shuttle
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The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
In 2004, a Senate subcommittee gathered on Capitol Hill to ask a question that now sounds quaint: Could America still reach space without the space shuttle?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He first flew aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station in 2009.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 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
The photo was from this past February, of my parents, Thomas, and me, with Fig snuggled in my arms, huddled in front of the space shuttle Atlantis.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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