A space shuttle was ready to launch from Vandenberg. What scrapped the $2.5 billion plan?
The shuttle even did a promotional tour of the area, flying into the Central Coast base on the back of a Boeing 747.
Blue Origin's New Glenn: How it compares to other rockets which launch from Cape Canaveral
Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper.
On this date: Nixon directs NASA to build space shuttle program
On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle program.
US prepares to deorbit International Space Station amid China competition
As competition in the new space race ramps up with China, the United States is preparing to deorbit the International Space ...
Jimmy Carter's impact on space program remembered as legacy lives on in the stars
President Jimmy Carter's impact on the U.S. space program honored in Florida where so many of the nation's space ambitions ...
After 60 years of spaceflight patches, here are some of our favorites
The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet ...
ISRO gears up for SpaDEX launch: All you need to know
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is on the cusp of a significant achievement with its SpaDeX mission, scheduled ...
A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?
Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...
ISRO's SpaDeX Mission A First Step For India To Set Up Its Own Space Station
Only three countries in the world - United States, Russia, and China - have the ability to carry out docking of two ...
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OTD In Space – January 4: NASA Cancels Apollo 20 Moon Mission
NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to ever set foot on the moon. Instead of ...
Space Coast launch schedule
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...