Shannon Airport has had many eye-catching visitors over the years. But the prospect of a NASA space shuttle hurtling towards ...
NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said a controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current ...
Ireland was required to agree to plan under 1960s space treaties - but felt crash landing was only a remote possibility ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After 30 years of spaceflight, NASA's iconic space shuttles will fly no more. The space agency's storied shuttle program ended today (July 21) when the shuttle Atlantis soared ...
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Shannon Airport was an emergency landing spot for the Space Shuttle if multiple engines failed
In that event, the shuttle could attempt an emergency landing at Shannon Airport. To reassure Irish authorities, the embassy added that “United States personnel (both US government and contractor) ...
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State Papers: Nasa wanted to use Shannon Airport as a landing site for the space shuttle
At the time, NASA was preparing to launch the space shuttle, Atlantis, in June 1995 on a mission to dock with the Russian Mir ...
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After 10 years, NASA’s space plane is finally cleared for flight
NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after ...
Contrary to appearances, the vehicle that looked like a little space shuttle was not broken down when it was being hauled down the runway at Kennedy Space Center. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser ...
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