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This article was originally featured on The Drive. When the spaceplane’s landing gear struck the runway on July 21, 2011, it marked the end of the line for the Space Shuttle. An incredible ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...

A space shuttle mock-up sits in a maintanance yard in The City of Downey, awaiting its moment. The Columbia Memorial Space Center may soon house the first Space Shuttle ever built, but for now, the ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...

Here's our review of the Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Is it up there with the best Lego space sets available? Read on ...