During the pioneering space missions of the 1960s and 70s, astronauts used a hose for urinating and plastic bags for storing ...

The test orbiter Enterprise was mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, for its flight next week to New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport. Weather ...

Visitors to the Shuttle Atlantis exhibition can try their hand at simulators modeling space shuttle dockings, robotic arm operations, and landings. The simulators were built to closely resemble the ...

Click to open image viewer. This backrest seat cushion fit into place on the original commander-pilot seats in the Space Shuttle flight deck, or cockpit. At the time, the astronauts wore fabric ...