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Space Shuttle Engine Testing: T Plus 30 Years and Counting

Thirty years ago there was no Internet, laptop computers or CDs; Gerald Ford was president; “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was on TV; and “Jaws” was at the movies. But in South Mississippi, NASA ...
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NASA Needs New Space Shuttle Engines Despite No Space Shuttle Still Flying

The Space Shuttle, despite two very traumatizing accidents, is without a doubt one of our species' most successful family of otherworldly vehicles. Introduced in 1981, the family flew a total of 135 ...
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Media Invited to View Last Planned Space Shuttle Main Engine Test

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center invites journalists to view the last planned space shuttle main engine test scheduled for 2 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 29. The 520-second ...
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NASA’s Next Moon Rocket Runs on Shuttle Engines—Here’s the Story Behind Each One

NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, ...