In the years following the truncated end of the Apollo program in December 1972, NASA found itself with excess hardware intended for later Apollo missions, and not much money to go fly again. Worse, the landing on the Moon had been an all-encompassing goal, as political as scientific, and once accomplished, interest in NASA waned [...]
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Skylab to the Space Shuttle & STS-133
Posted in NASA/ men in space, skylab, space shuttle, sts-133, tagged Discovery, nasa, orbiter, skylab, space shuttle, sts-133 on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »