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Shuttle Replica Departs Kennedy for Ocean Voyage to Houston on a Barge – Enterprise is Next

May 24, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter A high fidelity replica of a NASA Space Shuttle orbiter has set off today, May 24, on an ocean going voyage by barge for NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. This trip by the Shuttle replica gives a taste of [...]

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Dazzling Photos of the International Space Station Crossing the Moon!

January 6, 2012

Has the International Space Station (ISS) secretly joined NASA’s newly arrived GRAIL lunar twins orbiting the Moon? No – but you might think so gazing at these dazzling new images of the Moon and the ISS snapped by a NASA photographer yesterday (Jan. 4) operating from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Check out [...]

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Project Morpheus Fires Up Its Engines

April 20, 2011

Project Morpheus ran a series of hot fire tests yesterday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Morpheus is a prototype launch vehicle for the lunar surface, an outgrowth of Project M, which was at first a rather “secretive” project, designed to land a Robonaut on the Moon. The Morpheus lander is a larger version [...]

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‘In Flight’ Shuttle Orbiter retirement display planned by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

April 1, 2011

‘In Flight’ …. That’s the heart of the dramatic plan to showcase a Space Shuttle Orbiter being proposed by the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) as they seek to win the heated competition to become the permanent new home to one of NASA’s three soon to be retired Orbiters. Honoring the past, embracing the [...]

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