Thirty years ago today, shuttle Discovery & her STS-48 crew launched at sunset with a major payload to investigate the workings of Earth’s atmosphere. […]
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20 years ago today, shuttle Discovery flew to the @Space_Station, on a mission packed with science, spacewalking and supplies. […] 
OTD in 1991, astronaut John Blaha & the crew of Atlantis launched on an ambitious mission devoted to satellites and science. And Blaha realized what a lucky person he was. […] 
OTD in 2011, the Space Shuttle launched for the final time. Ten years on, AmericaSpace remembers that drama-filled day. […] 
OTD in 1981, a new era began with the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle, STS-1. […] 
Thirty years ago, shuttle Atlantis & the STS-37 crew snatched success from the jaws of defeat to deploy @NASA’s second Great Observatory. […] 
On International Women’s Day, AmericaSpace looks back & forward at the contributions of @WomenNASA & other nations. […] 
OTD in 1986, shuttle Columbia might have launched into the night on a mission to survey Halley’s Comet. Tragically, the loss of Challenger a few weeks earlier changed all that. […] 
10 years ago today, “the ship which led the way time and time again” was launched into space for the final time. Her name: Discovery. […] 
25yrs ago today, shuttle Columbia faced a possibly emergency, only seconds after liftoff. For STS-75 CDR Andy Allen, it was like a bad run in the simulator. […] |
 Next Launch Lucy on a Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL scheduled for: 16 Oct 21 at 9:34 GMT 16 Oct 21 at 5:34am Eastern 
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