LAist

A space shuttle model is cleared for landing in Downey

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LAist

A peek inside the space shuttle Endeavour’s new home in Exposition Park

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Houston Public Media

Space shuttle Discovery is headed to Houston. The Smithsonian and NASA say it may have to ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...
The Post-Crescent

Here's how a Wisconsin student, paper scientists got astronauts to make paper in space in 1986

In 1986, an experiment conceived by an Appleton high school student resulted in the first and only paper ever made in space. The experiment, flown on the space shuttle Columbia, tested if paper made ...
Time Out

Take a first look inside the California Science Center’s rocket-filled space expansion

I previewed three artifacts at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center’s Kent Kresa Space Gallery, including a walk-through rocket booster. One of my biggest L.A. regrets? Letting the potential for ...