On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space ... the Shuttle after touchdown could only be performed from the physical controls on the Flight Deck ...
Sierra Space officials announced the autonomous spacecraft successfully completed and passed testing milestones in ...
An earlier shuttle, Enterprise, was used for early testing and then disassembled. Icons of space flight they undoubtedly are, but the shuttle programme has been marked by very public tragedy.