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CAPE CANAVERAL, -- Forestalled by gloomy weather at the Kennedy Space Center, flight officials waved off the space shuttle Discovery's landing Monday, deciding to wait 24 hours and try again ...
Oct. 24 -- After two days of weather delays, the space shuttle Discovery is finally facing better chances for a landing today in California. Winds, rain and clouds continue to loom at the Kennedy ...
Millions along Discovery's landing route may be able to spot it in the sky. Nov. 7, 2007 — -- Millions of people along Discovery's route Wednesday may be able to get a glimpse of the shuttle ...
Bad weather forces NASA to put off the landing of the Atlantis space shuttle for a second day in a row. Meanwhile, President Obama nominates the NASA's next chief.
It was the second day in a row that bad weather kept the shuttle from landing, and it extended the flight to 13 days.
NASA delayed the landing of U.S. space shuttle Atlantis on Sunday, saying bad weather once again prevented its scheduled touchdown in Florida after two previous days of delays.<BR><BR> Atlantis ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A secretive Space Force spaceplane streaked across Florida early Saturday, generating unmistakable sonic booms en route to a landing at Kennedy Space Center that wrapped ...
Sonic booms heard across central Florida Saturday morning likely caused by the landing of a secretive U.S. Space Force spaceplane that had been in orbit since May 2020.
During that time, 85 percent of NASA's shuttle pilot landing trainings were done on the strip, testing against environmental elements such as wind angles, wind speeds and nighttime landings.
White Sands Space Harbor at White Sands Missile Range became a practice facility for landing shuttles starting in 1976.