Click to open image viewer. This remote-control toy allows the purchaser to play with a relatively accurate model of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The third Space Shuttle to be built, Discovery, also ...

The Shuttle's orbital capabilities relied on a balance of brute force and finesse. This video showcases the propulsion systems, attitude controls, and environmental safeguards that kept astronauts ...

Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Dedication; Prologue; 1: An Alternative Plan; Shuffling the Shuttle to Assemble the Station; NASA's Tier-2: An Alternative Assembly Plan; The Interim Control ...

Leland Melvin said that flying a space shuttle was significantly less nerve-wracking than being racially profiled by the ...