We always have it on our list to learn more about Orbiter. If you haven’t seen ... you can very accurately model spacecraft like the Space Shuttle and have very realistic controls.

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 ...

A full-size mockup of the space shuttle orbiter that was built as a contractor's showcase model before NASA decided on the ...

The parts for a full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city ... The City of Downey in California began relocating the winged orbiter "Inspiration" from a maintenance yard — where it ...

This mission – which was never carried out – would influence the design of the Space Shuttle orbiter more than any other mission. During this 90-minute mission, the Earth would rotate under ...

a smooth countdown to launch Space Shuttle Mission STS-93, a five-person crew, and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory abruptly ended twenty years ago just before ignition of Orbiter Columbia’s three ...

Many of us have visited the various displays of space shuttles around the US, and it's always a spectacular sight. The shuttle orbiter was huge, and seeing in any configuration is inspirational.

Before leaving the space shuttle to perform tasks in space ... emergency situation in which the crew must parachute from the orbiter. The suit has inflatable bladders that fill it with oxygen ...

The more than 120-foot-long Inspiration space shuttle mock-up will ... was created in 1972 as part of a former shuttle contractor’s process of building an orbiter for NASA.

(Photo Caption: Two United Space Alliance (USA) technicians carry a Shuttle auxiliary power unit (APU) to one of the aft compartment access doors of Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour in June, 2008 ...

The shuttle's 12-mile route over city ... one of the astronauts aboard the orbiter when it traveled to the International Space Station in 2008. From start to finish, it took 5 minutes to cross ...

The shuttle mockup Inspiration ... “It fulfilled its mission,” Dickow says of the orbiter. “To the point where the public stopped caring because space became a common thing.