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This former NASA astronaut steered a space shuttle to safety after overcoming gender discrimination
By Elizabeth Howell published
Former NASA astronaut Susan Kilrain recently discussed her eventful 1997 space shuttle mission and talked about gender discrimination in the aerospace field.

Retro 51 pen embodies NASA's first and fallen space shuttle Columbia
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The space shuttle Columbia is the inspiration for a limited edition Retro 51 pen that can help launch a new generation of explorers by raising funds for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.

California Science Center reopens retired space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Space shuttle Endeavour is about to get its 'boom' back. The California Science Center has reopened the orbiter's payload bay to complete outfitting the vehicle's cargo hold.

NASA 'Day of Remembrance' marks 20 years since space shuttle Columbia tragedy
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Twenty years ago, seven astronauts were returning home when they were lost on space shuttle Columbia. Like 19 others, the STS-107 crew made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of space exploration.

Saturn V, space shuttle Pathfinder up for 'adoption' to aid in artifact preservation
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
You can now take an aerospace relic under your "wing" and help give it the care it needs. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center Education Foundation has launched an "Adopt an Artifact" program.

How the search for a downed plane led to a fallen space shuttle and vice versa
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
In the wake of the space shuttle Challenger tragedy, a salvage effort was organized to find the spacecraft. The search also led to an aircraft being found. Now it has happened again, only in reverse.

History Channel team finds large piece of space shuttle Challenger on ocean floor
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The TV documentary team was searching for a downed World War II aircraft when it discovered the NASA artifact.

NASA's last space shuttle cabin trainer lands at Lone Star Flight Museum
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The last of NASA's space shuttle crew cabin mockups to leave the training room floor has arrived at its new home, the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston.

'Quantum Leap' showrunner, tech advisor on recreating space shuttle for 'Atlantis'
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
It could probably go without saying, but for the record, the space shuttle mission shown on "Quantum Leap" did not happen. The episode "Atlantis" had Ben Song leap into the body of an astronaut.

Don Lind, shuttle astronaut whose moon mission was canceled, dies at 92
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
Don Lind, a former NASA astronaut who helped plan humanity's first moonwalk before launching on the space shuttle, has died at the age of 92. His first and only spaceflight was on Challenger in 1985.
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