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Flight test files: Convair CV-990 Coronado – A journey through landing gear research

NASA used the Convair CV-990 Coronado to test space shuttle landing gear, tires, and braking systems, improving safety and ...
CNN

Moroccan security concern won't stop shuttle launch

Despite the closure of an emergency landing strip in Morocco due to security concerns, Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis is still a go, NASA says. The landing strip was closed because there ...

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Leland Melvin said that flying a space shuttle was significantly less nerve-wracking than being racially profiled by the ...

Highlights: Artemis II astronauts splash down safely after NASA moon mission

The four crew members of NASA's Artemis II moon mission returned to Earth Friday evening, splashing down safely in the ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

NASA redirects Artemis moon mission program, postponing a planned astronaut landing

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA's plan to return humans to the moon is changing course. The space agency outlined a new path for its Artemis moon mission, designed to return humans to the moon using NASA's SLS ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

How will NASA get the Artemis II crew safely back on Earth? Here's the science behind splashdown

While splashdown can be harrowing – the spacecraft will hurdle through the atmosphere faster than the speed of sound and ...