Sentences with phrase «old space shuttle»

With NASA's announcement that the 30 - year - old space shuttle program would end after the touchdown of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center this summer, the iconic agency has, for now, abandoned the concept of government - built manned spacecraft.

Columbia was the oldest space shuttle in the fleet of four.

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In 1998, he became the oldest person to fly in space when, as a U.S. senator from Ohio, he flew on the space shuttle Discovery.

In the background is the Vehicle Assembly building where the old Saturn V rockets and space shuttles were assembled.

In May astronauts docked the space shuttle Atlantis onto the 19 - year - old telescope to make repairs and add new instruments.

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, Chantilly, VA This offshoot of the justly famous National Air and Space Museum is not as convenient (located near Dulles International Airport), but it is larger, less crowded, and spectacular in its own right — filled with hundreds of unusual items, from the space shuttle Enterprise to space - grown crystals to old tubes of borscht made for Soviet cosmonSpace Hangar, Chantilly, VA This offshoot of the justly famous National Air and Space Museum is not as convenient (located near Dulles International Airport), but it is larger, less crowded, and spectacular in its own right — filled with hundreds of unusual items, from the space shuttle Enterprise to space - grown crystals to old tubes of borscht made for Soviet cosmonSpace Museum is not as convenient (located near Dulles International Airport), but it is larger, less crowded, and spectacular in its own right — filled with hundreds of unusual items, from the space shuttle Enterprise to space - grown crystals to old tubes of borscht made for Soviet cosmonspace shuttle Enterprise to space - grown crystals to old tubes of borscht made for Soviet cosmonspace - grown crystals to old tubes of borscht made for Soviet cosmonauts.

As astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis perform what is likely the final tune - up of the Hubble Space Telescope, a 19 - year - old workhorse that has greatly advanced astronomy and the profile of space science, the European Space Agency (ESA) is readying two more heavy - hitting astronomical spacecraft for deployment into sspace shuttle Atlantis perform what is likely the final tune - up of the Hubble Space Telescope, a 19 - year - old workhorse that has greatly advanced astronomy and the profile of space science, the European Space Agency (ESA) is readying two more heavy - hitting astronomical spacecraft for deployment into sSpace Telescope, a 19 - year - old workhorse that has greatly advanced astronomy and the profile of space science, the European Space Agency (ESA) is readying two more heavy - hitting astronomical spacecraft for deployment into sspace science, the European Space Agency (ESA) is readying two more heavy - hitting astronomical spacecraft for deployment into sSpace Agency (ESA) is readying two more heavy - hitting astronomical spacecraft for deployment into spacespace.

In a May space shuttle mission to Hubble, spacewalking astronauts completed a slew of repairs and upgrades to the 19 - year - old observatory, including replacing the telescope's workhorse camera with an enhanced successor, the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).

The end of the space shuttle program and the transition toward relying on commercial firms for access to low - Earth orbit are reflections of a decade - old change in political priorities.

I've been sharing recipes in this space for five years now, and back when I first began my two oldest boys were being shuttled to football practice after school every day.

Years later, he would also become the oldest American to go on the Space Shuttle!

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But some Republicans, who hold a majority in the House of Representatives, want to see NASA give up climate science so it can focus on returning astronauts to space once the 30 - year - old shuttle program ends later this year.