Posts Tagged ‘NASA’
 

 

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: January 28th in Aviation History

The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after launch, the crash of a TAME 727 in Colombia, a DC-3 chartered by the INS goes down in 1948 and more...
by NYCAviation Staff

 
 
NASA's Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait. (Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)

The Mars Mystique

After 50 years of missions to Mars, scientists are unlocking some of the mysteries surrounding a planet that has long captivated mankind.
by Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor
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The government will not be building a Death Star any time soon.

White House Rejects Petition to Build Death Star

The executive branch of the United States government has spoken: It will not build a Death Star.
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A Saturn V rocket awaits its launch from pad 39A on the Apollo 11 moon mission. (Photo by NASA)

For Sale or Rent: Used Launchpad, Well-Loved

NASA may be looking to unload Kennedy Space Center's launchpad 39A, starting point of every Apollo mission and many space shuttle journeys.
by Nancy Atkinson, UniverseToday.com
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Wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland. (Photo by AP)

Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed: December 21st In Aviation History

Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Scotland, New York Airways begins helicopter flights from Manhattan's Pan Am Building and more...
by NYCAviation Staff