TECH SCIENCE ASTRONOMY SEARCH ENTERTAINMENT VIDEO THE SPACE SHUTTLE MIKE SENIOR WRITER THE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA OFF ON SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION NASA SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH OF ATLANTIS SCHEDULED JULY 8 DECADES THE FIRST ONE ICONIC SHUTTLE PROGRAM TURNED ACTUALLY PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED EXISTENCE JANUARY 1972 ROOTS DEEPER STRETCHING ALL THE WAY CONCEPT VEHICLE THE NAZIS DROP BOMBS NEW YORK THE STORY OF BIRTH DREAMS SLASHED SHIFTING ATTEMPT FIND SPACE BEATING THE SOVIETS THE MOON HERE SYNOPSIS INVOLVED SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM SILBERVOGEL INITIATED BUILD AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF GERMANY DROPPING BOMB THE CONTINENTAL UNITED EUGEN SANGER SUBMITTED DEVELOPED MATHEMATICIAN IRENE BREDT TYPE WINGED ROCKET REUSABLE ASCEND SUBORBITAL DOWN THE STRATOSPHERE AT THAT POINT INCREASING AIR DENSITY GIVE THE VEHICLE HIGHER ALTITUDE THE PROCESS THE TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC LEAPS AND BOUNDS END UP BUILDING AMERIKA BOMBER CONCEPT AMERICAN HANDS AT THE END WORLD WAR THE UNITED STATES GERMAN SCIENTISTS OPERATION PAPERCLIP BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS IN THE NAVY EXCITED IDEAS ROGER LAUNIUS CURATOR THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM PREDECESSOR THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS AFTER THE WAR SPACE PLANES SOON BONA FIDE VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT NACA TAKING ROCKET PLANE TIMES AIR FORCE NEARLY FLIGHTS REACHED OUTER SPACE BEGINS MILES HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD FASTEST MANNED REACHING SPEED TEST FLIGHT SAME TIME SPACE PLANE SIMILAR DESIGN SLATED VARIETY RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE ALMOST THE PROGRAM CANCELLED CONSTRUCTION ALREADY BENT GOING TO CLEARS THE LAUNCH TOWER TITAN II ROCKET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM NEVER DEVELOPMENT OF VEHICLES HELPED THE FOUNDATION FOR VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION 1950S WORE INCREASINGLY VIEWED ABILITY EXPLORE EXPLOIT IMPORTANCE BRAUN IDEA ENGINEER WERNHER VON BRAUN VON BRAUN QUICKLY SPACE EXPLORATION SHOULD INVOLVE SEQUENTIAL HUMAN DEVELOP REUSABLE SPACECRAFT ACCESS EASIER THE SPACE STATION LAUNCH EXPEDITIONS VISION ROAD MAP CHARTING COURSE VALERIE CONTEMPORARY HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT VISIONS OF DANCING THE NATION WAIT BEGIN THE SPACE RACE FAST THE DAWN OF THE SOVIET UNION HANDED QUICK LAUNCHED FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE THE FIRST HUMAN YURI IN RESPONSE THE SOVIET PRESIDENT KENNEDY SETTLED BOLD PLAN MAN ON THE MOON THE END THE DECADE THUS THE APOLLO RACE SKIP OVER RAPID PROGRESS KIND FELL TECHNOLOGY UNDERSTOOD BALLISTIC APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN LUNAR SURFACE FIRST MOON LANDING APOLLO APOLLO ENDS PROGRAM NEIL ARMSTRONG ONTO MILESTONES SPACE TASK GROUP HELP DETERMINE IN SEPTEMBER THE GROUP GOING PARADIGM MOON TRIPS MANNED MISSIONS TO MARS NIXON THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT THE PLAN CUT HIGH BILLION PERCENT THE FEDERAL ZEROED ASPECT DITCHING THING YOU CAN POINT THE DECISION MARKED SHIFT IN CHARTER NEAL PRACTICAL SAYING FOLLOW ON FUNDING KEPT DRYING TAKES SHAPE ORIGINAL FULLY FIRST STAGE CARRY ORBITER UP TO FEET FLY BACK TO EARTH BUDGET DESIGNING SYSTEM TODAY SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS THE AGENCY LEAVING OPERATE THINK FLYING ROLLED OUT IN ENTERPRISE GLIDE TO COME THE LINE BLASTED THE REST IS HISTORY ATLANTIS TOUCHES FOLLOW MIKE WALL THE LATEST EXPLORATION TWITTER RECOMMENDATIONS IN PICTURES TRIBUTE MEMORABLE MISSIONS BOTTOM AUTHOR SCIENCE WRITER THE IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY INTERN THE SALINAS CALIFORNIAN SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR HERPETOLOGIST WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY DEGREE THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE CERTIFICATE SCIENCE WRITING THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA PROJECT FOLLOW US COMPANY INFO ABOUT US CONTACT ADVERTISE CONTENT LICENSING TERMS OF USE COPYRIGHT POLICY PRIVACY POLICY NETWORK TOP TEN REVIEWS GUIDE LAPTOP HARDWARE BUSINESS NEWS DAILY IT PRO LIVE SCIENCE ACTIVE JUNKY SHOPSAVVY ANANDTECH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED