OTD in Space – June 1: Endeavour’s Final Touchdown

On June 1, 2011, NASA's space shuttle Endeavor touched down safely for the final time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
The Washington Post

Space Shuttle Atlantis launch will be iconic event, the last of its kind

NASA is holding to its target launch date for the Space Shuttle Atlantis, even as rainy weather threatens to delay the space shuttle from blasting off until the weekend. As Jason Samenow reported: A ...
Flying

Museum Guide: Space Shuttles on Display

The Space Shuttle program operated for 30 years as reusable vehicles transporting astronauts and supplies, with six shuttles built, two of which were tragically lost before the fleet retired in 2011.

Texas and the Smithsonian are locked in a custody battle over a space shuttle

Two senators earmarked $85 million for the move to Houston—but safely shipping an 86-ton shuttle orbiter cross-country could ...
SpaceNews

Hutchison Pleased with Short-Term Shuttle Extension to 2011 – Calls Move “An Important First Step”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today said she was pleased to see NASA delay the launch of the ...
The Daily Campus

Save our space shuttle

When Space Shuttle Discovery touched down for the last time at Kennedy Space Center Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it brought to an end a 27-year career of spaceflight. Discovery flew to space 39 times, ...