The Space Shuttle Endeavour is on a cross-country tour as it makes its way aboard a Boeing 747 carrier plane to the California Science Center where it will go on exhibit. The shuttle’s flight was designed to provide sighting opportunities for enthusiasts across the south and west coasts. On September 19, the shuttle made a layover at NASA’s Johnson Space [...]
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Endeavour’s Final Journey Marred by Tree Chopping Controversy
Since the ending of NASA’s Space Shuttle program in 2011, the remaining shuttles and their test models have been dispersing to final resting places in museums across the United States. In April, Discovery flew in to Virginia’s National Air and Space Museum aboard a modified Boeing 747. In June, replica Explorer made its way to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas [...]
Shuttles on the Move
On June 3, two Space Shuttles were on the move. The Enterprise flight model took to the seas on a barge in an attempt to reach its new home, the New York based Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. At the same time, the Shuttle replica Explorer made its way from Houston’s Clear Lake to the visitor center of NASA’s Johnson [...]
Enterprise Flown to Final Resting Place
On April 27, the Space Shuttle Enterprise was flown aboard a shuttle aircraft carrier from Virginia to New York, where it will be put on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. The shuttle, which served as a test model but never flew in space, was greeted by Leonard Nimoy who had attended its naming along with other [...]
Space Shuttle Discovery to Take to the Air
On April 17, Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to take to the air one more time – atop a NASA shuttle carrier aircraft. The shuttle is to be delivered from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the Smithsonian Air & Space Udvar-Hazy Museum at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The shuttle and carrier are likely to be visible across the [...]
50 Years of Space Art
A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Air & Space museum in Washington D.C. presents 50 years of NASA in art. NASA’s curators past and present explain the idea behind the exhibit and how art can capture the experience of space exploration in a way photography cannot. Staff WritersMore Posts
