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Hank Hartsfield, former NASA astronaut pilot of space shuttle Discovery, Dies at 80

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NASA astronaut Henry "Hank" Hartsfield died Thursday, July 17. The 80-year-old man commanded the maiden voyage of NASA's space shuttle Discovery after waiting 13 years to pilot a space mission....

NASA Space Shuttle carrier 747 prepares to head to its new home in Houston

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The NASA Space Shuttle was the ticket to orbit and the ISS for the US for decades. A series of tragic events happened over the years of service for the shuttle and the spacecraft was finally retired...

Space Shuttle Discovery Hits Retirement

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The NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is hitching a ride on a Boeing 747 for its final flight to its retirement destination in the Nation’s capital.

NASA space shuttle Discovery has traveled over 235 million kilometers throughout space, and now it has one last journey of approximately 1,000 kilometers to its final ...
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