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Why Did NASA Choose A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle?

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...
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NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model

A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour. The Lego ...

NASA’s $4.5 Billion Starliner Deal With Boeing Cut to Just 4 Flights After Embarrassing Failures

Following several delays, mishaps, and a stranded crew, Boeing’s Starliner saga is not over just yet. NASA is revising its ...

NASA reduces flights on Boeing's Starliner after botched astronaut mission

NASA on Monday slashed the number of astronaut missions on Boeing's Starliner contract and said the spacecraft's next mission ...

NASA says Boeing's Starliner to fly again but without astronauts first

After the Boeing Starliner's troubled June 2024 flight test, Starliner will get another NASA mission. But it will be uncrewed ...

When could Starliner launch again? NASA, Boeing plan 2026 uncrewed mission

Boeing's infamous Starliner could launch again in 2026 on a NASA mission to the International Space Station. But this time, ...