Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...
In 1962, NASA’s Flight Research Center in California approved the construction of a prototype lifting body aircraft, which became the M2-F1, also known as the “ Flying Bathtub .” The designation is ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A body was recovered from the Willamette River in Portland on Tuesday morning. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said a body was reported near the east bank of the ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – It took emergency crews nearly an hour to pull Jenny Hautmann from the wreckage of her crushed car. Four years and 18 surgeries later, the spaceflight photographer is finally ...
COLUMBIA — Diners now have a new restaurant option for dinner and a show with the second location of Sukiya Japanese Steakhouse opening at 360 Columbiana Drive on Dec. 5. The restaurant’s first ...
IRVING, Texas — A man who fell from a boat into Irving's Vilbig Lake was found dead a day later after an extensive multi-agency search, authorities said. Officers responded around 7:45 p.m. Monday to ...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the architects of the Discovery moving plan, said that Isaacman is on board. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans of Texas, want the space shuttle Discovery to be moved to Space Center Houston from its current location at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near ...
MADISON (WKOW) -- The Dane County Sheriff's Office says officers recovered a body from Lake Monona on Thursday afternoon. Marine and Trail deputies, along with members of Madison Fire and Rescue, ...
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 ...
The body of a 42-year-old man who ran from police officers and jumped into the Spokane River over the weekend was recovered, according to a Spokane Tribal Police’s Facebook post on Wednesday. The man, ...
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