When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A full-size mockup of the space shuttle orbiter that was built as a contractor's showcase model ...

NASA's space shuttle was a large, heavy vehicle, and needed an even larger, heavier low-wing aircraft to transport it across ...

Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with a Space Shuttle perched on top.… It is effectively two sets in ...

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a full size model space shuttle? While it never quite made it to space, the full-size original space shuttle prototype built in 1972 as part of Rockwell International's ...

When ready for display, 'Inspiration' will go to the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The mock space shuttle orbiter Pathfinder is seen atop its external tank and boosters after a ...

Hearkening back to the golden days of Downey’s role in the NASA space program and aerospace history, the community showed up early as crews started moving a full-size original space shuttle design ...

John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle, which delivered Hubble to space 35 years ago, and it's no secret why both ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The crew cabin and aft section of the original space shuttle orbiter mockup "Inspiration" as seen ...