by Ben | Feb 14, 2024 | NASA
In early 1969, the goal set by President John F. Kennedy to land a man on the Moon seemed within reach. A new president, Richard M. Nixon, now sat in the White House and needed to chart America’s course in space in the post-Apollo era. President Nixon...
by Ben | Feb 13, 2024 | NASA
Astronaut Charles F. Bolden, STS-60 commander, sits at the commander’s station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery in this image from February 1994. While aboard Discovery, the crew attempted to deploy the Wake Shield...
by Ben | Feb 6, 2024 | NASA
As astronaut Bruce McCandless II flew the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) out of the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay for the first time on February 7, 1984, many in the agency were fearful about the use of a self-propelled and untethered backpack in space....
by Ben | Feb 5, 2024 | NASA
On Feb. 3, 1994, space shuttle Discovery took off on its 18th flight, STS-60. Its six-person crew of Commander Charles F. Bolden, Pilot Kenneth S. Reightler, and Mission Specialists N. Jan Davis, Ronald M. Sega, Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, who...
by Ben | Feb 1, 2024 | Press Releases
The California Science Center has successfully completed the world’s only authentic space shuttle system display in launch configuration. Endeavour’s installation in the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, a major expansion of the California Science...