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Space shuttle Challenger and the disaster that changed NASA forever
By Elizabeth Howell published
Reference Space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986, changing NASA's space program forever.

Piece of Newton's Apple Tree to Escape Gravity on Space Shuttle
By Tariq Malik last updated

Challenger artifacts intended for President Reagan recovered after 36 years
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Artifacts that were recovered from the fallen space shuttle Challenger and prepared for presentation to the President of the United States have been recovered again, 36 years later.

Space shuttle Columbia: NASA's first shuttle in space
By Elizabeth Howell, Daisy Dobrijevic published
Reference Space shuttle Columbia was the first shuttle in space and performed 28 flights. Columbia's final flight ended in disaster as it broke apart during re-entry.

Retro 51 rolls out space shuttle Enterprise limited edition Tornado pen
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Forty-five years after it made its public debut, NASA's space shuttle Enterprise is being rolled out again, this time as a rollerball pen. Retro 51 announced its new Space Shuttle Enterprise Tornado.

Enterprise: The Test Shuttle
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Without going into space, the first space shuttle prepared astronauts for future missions.

Astro Restoration Project pieces together space shuttle astronomy payload
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The Astro Restoration Project is now well underway towards its goal of bringing the STS-35 (and STS-67) mission hardware back to its as-flown condition.

MotoArt makes mementos from scrapped NASA shuttle launch platform
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
When NASA announced it was going to destroy its historic Mobile Launch Platform-2, which used to support Apollo rockets and space shuttles, fans of MotoArt's PlaneTags got an idea.
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