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Texas GOP threaten funding bill as bipartisan group challenges plan to move space shuttle

Just a few months after the longest government shutdown in US history, concerns are already looming about the next funding ...
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Shuttle-C, NASA’s unmanned space shuttle that could have built giant missions in orbit, then got canceled

After Challenger reshaped NASA’s risk tolerance, Shuttle-C emerged as a bold plan to replace the orbiter with an uncrewed cargo carrier, using the existing shuttle stack to loft massive payloads for ...
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A space shuttle model is cleared for landing in Downey

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Six years after the shuttles retired, what’s next for NASA?

Before astronauts ever orbit Earth, Building 9 at the Johnson Space Center is a required stop. "What we're standing in right now is a module about the diameter of a school bus, maybe a Greyhound bus,” ...