Weather is already complicating the landing of the space shuttle Discovery, currently scheduled for Friday. If the current forecast holds up, the space shuttle just might make a landing in the US ...
In the 1990s, NASA sought to test and improve the space shuttle landing gear and braking systems. As a result, it initiated a program in which the Convair CV-990 Coronado was used as a Landing Systems ...
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NASA put a space shuttle on a Boeing 747 - then released it in midair

On August 12, 1977, Space Shuttle Enterprise separated from a modified Boeing 747 and flew freely for the first time, marking a critical milestone in NASA’s shuttle program. Enterprise took part in a ...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday, taking a detour to sunny California after storms hit the main landing strip in ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts closed out the last major construction mission at the International Space Station with a smooth landing in darkness that struck ...
Space shuttle Discovery will end its mission in California on Tuesday morning, after growing lightning storms in Florida scuttled two separate landing opportunities at Kennedy Space Center. “We are ...