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  2. Space shuttle Endeavour is lifted into the sky, takes final ...

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    The positioning had to be precise. The shuttle's nose was raised 200 feet into the night sky so that the rudder could clear 80 feet of space. Endeavour was then turned 17 degrees clockwise to ...

  3. Space Shuttle retirement - Wikipedia

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    *Prior to its move to Intrepid Museum, Enterprise was originally displayed in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, from 2003 to 2011. Space Shuttle Atlantis towed back to the Orbiter Processing Facility for the last time at the end of the Shuttle program. Museums and other facilities not selected to receive an orbiter were disappointed.

  4. Launch status check - Wikipedia

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    For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center, the NASA Test Director (NTD) performed this check via a voice communications link with other NASA personnel. The NTD was the leader of the shuttle test team responsible for directing and integrating all flight crew, orbiter, external tank/solid rocket booster and ...

  5. Shuttle Carrier Aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One (N905NA) is a 747-100 model, while the other (N911NA) is a short-range 747-100SR.

  6. Musk shuttles SpaceX out of Delaware amid plans to construct ...

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    Tesla’s move promises to be more complicated than Neuralink and SpaceX, requiring approval from stockholders. Some 350 miles away from Austin, Musk hopes to expand further into Texas.

  7. "This is where it all happened." Downey's space shuttle ... - AOL

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    The 122-foot-long-by-35-foot-tall space shuttle mockup, named the "Inspiration," was transported via big rig in multiple parts 0.3 miles along Bellflower Boulevard from a city maintenance yard to ...

  8. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    III-24 On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle launched for the first time, and was piloted by John Young and Robert Crippen. During the two-day mission, Young and Crippen tested equipment on board the shuttle, and found several of the ceramic tiles had fallen off the top side of the Columbia.

  9. Plan to reroute Kutzky shuttles put on fast track - AOL

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    Sep. 26—ROCHESTER — The proposed timeline for ending shuttle bus traffic through the Kutzky Park Neighborhood is receiving a boost from Mayo Clinic's multi-billion-dollar health care ...