On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart ... The cameras monitoring the gantry and the mobile platform supporting the shuttle revealed that the plan to protect the plumbing ...

Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a ...

There is long process to get the Space Shuttle into Orbit around ... and External Tank. The Shuttle is on top of the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) and is then moved by the Crawler Transporter ...

Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” uncovers the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part documentary premieres ...