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Jan. 16, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia's final launch

On Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its 28th mission, STS-107. NASA had five additional space shuttle ...

This Day in History: Nixon authorizes $5.5 million to launch space shuttle program

Exactly 54 years ago today on Jan. 4, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million to develop a ...
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Historic NASA Apollo test stands in Huntsville are dismantled after decades of use to support future space infrastructure

NASA has demolished the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and Dynamic Test Stand in Huntsville to modernize the ...
AOL

Moving NASA Space Shuttle to Texas from DC Could Damage It, Experts Say

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...
Space.com

NASA Demolishes Gantry Used to Lift Space Shuttles Off Jumbo Jets

One of NASA's last remaining structures unique to supporting the space shuttle is no more. The Mate-Demate Device (MDD), which for 35 years was used at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to mount and remove ...
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NASA to demolish historic Saturn V, shuttle test towers

NASA is set to demolish two historic test stands at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, which were instrumental in testing the Saturn V rocket and Space Shuttle.