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Can You Solve This Apollo 1 Spacesuit Mystery?

April 30, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Reader Jeff Arnoldi recently approached me with an intriguing question about this Apollo 1 picture: Note that the U.S. flag is on their right shoulders. Every other Apollo mission crew and all mission crews since then wear the flag on their [...]

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Enterprise Ferryflight to NYC tentatively set for April 27

April 24, 2012

Unstable weather has temporarily grounded the last flight of Space Shuttle Enterprise for just a few more days. Visitors to New York City – Prepare yourselves for a breathtaking view ! NASA is tentatively targeting Friday, April 27 as the date of the historic ferryflight of Enterprise from the Washington, DC area to the New [...]

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Enterprise Strapped atop 747 and Delights Dulles Airport Flyers

April 22, 2012

Space Shuttle Enterprise has been strapped atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) that will soon fly NASA’s path finding orbiter from Dulles Airport to her new and final home in the Big Apple – and to the delight of Dulles Airport flyers and visitors she’s all primed at a spot offering a fantastic public [...]

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Discovery & Enterprise – Historic Nose to Nose Shuttle Image

April 20, 2012

Two NASA Space Shuttles – Enterprise and Discovery – sit nose to nose in a historic, once in a lifetime meet up at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum Annex in Virginia on April 19, 2012 for the official transfer of ownership from NASA to the Smithsonian. Remove this ad

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Discovery Enters Eternal Smithsonian Home as Historic Relic

April 20, 2012

Space Shuttle Discovery, the longest serving and most flown spaceship in human history, entered her eternal home today, Thursday, April 19, at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum Annex in Virginia. Discovery thereby assumed her new status as a museum relic and monument to the promise and glorious dreams of space exploration, inspiring future [...]

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