Why NASA's space shuttle hitched rides on top of a Boeing 747

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound transportation.
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The four jets NASA broke on purpose to save the shuttle

Before any astronaut could land the space shuttle, they had to master the impossible in a deliberately crippled business jet ...
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NASA Tests Space Shuttle Engine That Will Power Moon Mission Five Years in the Future

There has been only one mission of the Artemis program to date, an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft that was conducted back in 2022. Judging this solely from this perspective, you could be ...
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NASA Honors Late Astronaut John Fabian With Remembrance Wreath at Space Shuttle Atlantis

NASA Astronaut John Fabian at Kennedy Space Center previewing the last Shuttle mission. July 2011. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – ...
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Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...
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Senators from Texas introduce legislation to return Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston

In 2010, NASA retired four space shuttles, sending them across the United States as a historical reminder of the nation's space history. But none remain in Houston, where NASA’s Johnson Space Center ...

Two NASA astronauts inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

NASA astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, with multiple spaceflights and spacewalks, were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut ...