A space shuttle was ready to launch from Vandenberg. What scrapped the $2.5 billion plan?
The shuttle even did a promotional tour of the area, flying into the Central Coast base on the back of a Boeing 747.
New rocket, new spacecraft and new moon landers on tap for 2025
The Space Coast is set for another busy year in 2025 with new moon missions, new spacecraft and the debut of a new rocket.
On this date: Nixon directs NASA to build space shuttle program
On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle program.
What spaceflight owes to Jimmy Carter: The president's little-known NASA legacy
Carter is hardly remembered as a champion of NASA. But he saved the space shuttle program, and his words that have been journeying aboard the Voyager probes for decades.
New documentary focuses on Christa McAuliffe's impact as a teacher in New Hampshire
A new documentary focuses more on how Christa McAuliffe still inspires others as a teacher and less on her fate aboard the ...
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Who is Christa McAuliffe? New documentary airs on first teacher selected for space travel
"Christa" will look at the life of McAuliffe, from her time as a teacher in New Hampshire to selection for the infamous Space Shuttle Challenger mission to her legacy. McAuliffe and the ...