There Are Good Reasons Why NASA Stopped Using The Space Shuttle

NASA's Space Shuttle program was a great idea in concept, but flawed execution led to its demise. Here are the problems it ...

Elton John's 'Rocket Man' Became NASA's Most-Played Wake-Up Song in Space

Wake-up calls date back to the Gemini program in the 1960s, when mission controllers began using music to greet crews at the ...

Rocket vs. space shuttle: What's the difference?

Rockets have always been a major part of getting people into space, but NASA's space shuttles had very specific missions and ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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 ...
WDBJ

This Day in History: NASA Space Shuttle program begins

The NASA Space Shuttle program began as Space Shuttle Columbia took its maiden voyage. This was the world’s first reusable spacecraft; it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle lasted ...
WWNO

A Virginia group wants to stop NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery from moving to Texas

Two senators from Texas want to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. NPR's David Folkenflik talks with activist Joe Stief of the group Keep The Shuttle.
ITWire

How is Willie Nelson connected with the NASA shuttle program?

Country singer Willie Nelson is usually on the road (again) rather than in space, so how did Willie and U.S. astronaut Alvin Drew end up doing a music video together in Austin, Texas? The story ...