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Jan. 16, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia's final launch

On Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its 28th mission, STS-107. NASA had five additional space shuttle ...

This Day in History: Nixon authorizes $5.5 million to launch space shuttle program

Exactly 54 years ago today on Jan. 4, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million to develop a reusable space flight vehicle that came with a lower cost and could stay in ...
Scientific American

NASA may delay final space shuttle launch until 2011

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The final planned space shuttle mission, ...

SpaceX’s market share in the commercial space launch industry: What investors need to know

The increasing number of commercial space launches and the upward trend in upmass serve as unmistakable signs of space industry growth. Space is a high-risk, high-reward industry, however. Space ...
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NASA: Space shuttle replacement won't fly until 2014

NASA has put off the planned launch of its next-generation Orion spacecraft for a year, a setback to efforts to fly a successor to its aging space shuttles, the space agency announced Monday.