(<<< CLICK to ENLARGE — the thumbnail at left is a former blog header) Discovery, bathed in lights, is seen near center in long view against clear, black Florida night as she headed toward Launch Pad 39A at 9:10pm Monday, January 31, 2011. The Crawler, on which the shuttle rides, moves about a mile an [...]
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STS-133 has returned to the Launch Pad
Posted in NASA/ men in space, space shuttle, sts-133, tagged 39A, crawler, Discovery, is discovery on the launch pad, kennedy space center, latest launch information, launch date, pad 39A, roll-out, sts-133, sts-134, VAB, vehicle assembly building on November 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
