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Shuttle
News
News on the shuttle missions from TIME Daily.
Johnson
Space Center in QTVR
Tour NASA's mission control and the Shuttle Flight Deck Simulator.
Building
the Space Empire
Shuttles are the solar system's UPS truck. From TIME Online.
TIME
Victory Lap
For NASA, a shot into space provides a shot in the arm, as John
Glenn at last returns to orbit.
TIME Magazine, November 9, 1998
TIME
Chat: The Glenn Shuttle Launch
The transcript of our October 29, 1998 online interview with NASA
astronaut Charles Walker, president of the National Space Society.
Back
to the Future
After waiting 36 years, John Glenn at last prepares to return to
space.
TIME Magazine, August 17, 1998
Essay:
The Conquest of Age
John Glenn heads off to retrieve the past in the future, to be young
again by being old.
TIME Magazine, August 17, 1998
TIME
Daily's Top 10 Reasons Glenn Shouldn't Return to Space
Some heroic humor regarding the first senior citizen in orbit.
Blasting
into the 21st Century
Lockheed Martin, not NASA, will fly the next space shuttle
TIME Magazine, July 15, 1996
The
Challenger Disaster
Ten Years Later
LIFE Magazine, February, 1996
Postcards
From Space
Discovery captures fresh images of Hale-Bopp.
The
Magic Is Back!
On a thundering pillar of fire, Discovery carries the nation's hopes
aloft again
TIME Magazine, October 10, 1988
"They
Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth to Touch the Face of God"
In 73 seconds, a new era in space travel explodes into a searing
nightmare. The TIME Cover Story on the Challenger explosion from
February 10, 1986
Touchdown,
Columbia!
The shuttle is "right on the money" and gives the U.S. a mighty
lift. The TIME Cover Story from April 27, 1981 on the shuttle's
first orbital flight.
"Space
Is at the Frontier of My Profession"
In 1959, Glenn wrote down his thoughts on space for LIFE magazine.
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