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What really happens during a space shuttle launch?

The Space Shuttle was operated by NASA for 30 years, with its last flight occurring in 2011. Welcome to Greenland, an economy ...

SpaceX’s market share in the commercial space launch industry: What investors need to know

The increasing number of commercial space launches and the upward trend in upmass serve as unmistakable signs of space ...
The Root

NASA Chief: Final Shuttle Launch Begins New Era

When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on Friday, it will mark the final NASA shuttle mission ever. But the shuttering of the 30-year-old program isn’t the end of American space exploration — in ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Returning to the scene of the Challenger explosion, with a NH journalist who was there

We're revisiting live broadcasts from Cape Canaveral, with one of the local reporters who covered the launch in real time.
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Rolls Out to Launch Pad 39A Over 40 Years Ago

Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...
The Atlantic

Father and Son at First and Last Shuttle Launches

Thirty years ago this father-son duo Chris and Kenneth Bray attended the first ever space shuttle launch. They never went to another launch again, until last week's final voyage, where they recreated ...

Here's the list of all 2026 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida

FLORIDA TODAY's Space Team provides live blog coverage of all 2026 launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and ...