Launch of Space Shuttle

SpaceX will launch Starship V3 for its 1st test flight today

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OTD In Space - May 16: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches on Final Flight

On May 16, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight.

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SpaceX launches massive Starship V3 rocket on test flight

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SpaceX Launches Its Biggest, Most Beefed-Up Starship Yet on a Test Flight

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SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon .

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SpaceX's Starship flight hits most targets in pre-IPO test

Scientific American · 15h

SpaceX launches Starship V3—the world's most powerful and tallest rocket ever

OTD in Space – May 19: STS-101 Launches with 1st 'Glass Cockpit'

On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big upgrades that were made to the space shuttle before the mission STS-101. NASA

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Space shuttle readied for launch

NASA loaded fuel into space shuttle Endeavour's external tank for the second evening in a row Sunday in anticipation of pre-dawn launch. The three-hour operation began at 6:50 p.m. ET just as the NFL Super Bowl game was getting underway in Miami.

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Why NASA's space shuttle hitched rides on top of a Boeing 747

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound transportation.

NBC Los Angeles

Construction wraps on California Science Center's building that will house Space Shuttle Endeavour

Mission nearly complete. The California Science Center says construction is finally finished on a building that will house Space Shuttle Endeavour.

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California Science Center completes construction of new building housing Endeavour shuttle

Construction on the California Science Center's new Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, home to the Endeavour shuttle, is complete.