Space Shuttle

It took 10 billion dollars and 10 years to develop, but the first space shuttle made its first public debut in a ceremony in California on this date in 1976. The following year the Enterprise, made its first flight, not from Kennedy Space Center and not into space. It was launched from the top of a 747 and then glided back to Edwards Air Force Base.

The Keith Urban song “Days Go By” was used to wake up the crew of Atlantis Sunday night according to the NASA twitter.  The song will be the last song played to wake a space shuttle crew for work on the International Space Station.  The crew will ...