WASHINGTON (voa) – When NASA first conceived of the Space Shuttle, the idea was to design a rocket that could be reusable and more economical and versatile than the standard disposable stage rockets.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Downey, CA - October 17: A crown washes as movers transport pieces of the Space Shuttle Inspiration, a full-scale mock-up of a ...

Hearkening back to the golden days of Downey’s role in the NASA space program and aerospace history, the community showed up early as crews started moving a full-size original space shuttle design ...

The Boeing 747 and NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise formed an iconic partnership in aerospace history. NASA modified a Boeing 747 into the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), which was specially designed ...

A space shuttle mock-up sits in a maintanance yard in The City of Downey, awaiting its moment. The Columbia Memorial Space Center may soon house the first Space Shuttle ever built, but for now, the ...

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At slower than a walking pace, the prototype that helped launch America’s space shuttle program paraded down Downey streets Thursday morning on its way to a temporary housing location in preparation ...