(RNN) - With the retirement of America's last space shuttle just days away, we await the announcement of its replacement. From capsules strapped to expendable rockets to the renewable space shuttle, NASA
From capsules strapped to expendable rockets to the renewable space shuttle, NASA has developed and used many launching vehicles in their 50-year history to hurl men and women into space.
Click here to view a slideshow of the full orbiter fleet.
Click here to view a slideshow of the full orbiter fleet.
Click here to view scans of President Kennedy's second draft of his Rice University address with his hand written comments challenging America to go to the moon.
Click here to view scans of President Kennedy's second draft of his Rice University address with his hand written comments challenging America to go to the moon.
Click here to view photos of the rockets that entered America into the space race.
Click here to view photos of the rockets that entered America into the space race.
Click here to see a slideshow of the monstrous rockets that sent man to the Moon.
Click here to see a slideshow of the monstrous rockets that sent man to the Moon.
(RNN) - From capsules strapped to expendable rockets to the renewable space shuttle, NASA has developed and used many launching vehicles in their 50-year history to hurl men and women into space. V: The
With the Apollo program canceled, NASA began looking for a reusable, less-costly spacecraft to continue space exploration. The space shuttle was born.
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