Space Shuttle

When you think of Amarillo, Texas, you don't normally think about NASA and outer space. However, Amarillo has more history with space travel then you think.

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Right now at Space Center Houston, one of the original Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Boeing 747s is being joined to the Space Shuttle mockup Independence. The two aircraft will form part of a new display at the space center.

The visitor center at Johnson Space Center is getting one heck of a new exhibit. Say hello to the Space Shuttle Transporter 747, and eventually the Space Shuttle mock-up Independence.

If you are in space, well you are limited on a lot of things.  You can't just jump into a car and drive to the grocery store when you want something.  You cannot stock up the space shuttle with boxes of food and drinks.  You won't find a whole lot of room in the shuttle.  So with that in mind astronauts have to be willing to do different things, and right now that includes drinking urine that has

When working on my Back in the Day feature for today I started thinking about the first real U.S. Tragedy that I experienced. It was 25 years ago today that the space shuttle Challenger exploded.