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• In Pictures: NASA Space Shuttle Discovery’s spectacular final flight

  One last hurrah – Shuttle Discovery flies piggy-back to Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center

  By Michael Cooney | 18 April, 2012 10:05

  Tags: discovery, NASA, slideshow, space shuttle

• NASA shuttle Atlantis spending last day in space

  NASA's space shuttle Atlantis today is spending what is expected to be its final day in space.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 26 May, 2010 05:21

  Tags: NASA, space shuttle

• NASA: Key antenna fails as Discovery enters orbit

  After a successful launch early this morning, NASA officials later discovered a snag when the space shuttle Discovery entered its orbit around the earth.

  By Sharon Machlis | 06 April, 2010 04:04

  Tags: antenna, discovery, NASA, space shuttle

• NASA space shuttle gearing up for big phase out

  While politicians banter about NASA’s budget and the future of manned space flight, the space agency is prepping the critical technology its remaining four space shuttle missions will deliver to complete the International Space Station.

  By Michael Cooney | 10 March, 2010 08:45

  Tags: discovery, NASA, space shuttle

• NASA space shuttle to carry key space station upgrades

  NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour is closed for the Christmas holiday but plenty of work is going on around it.

  By Michael Cooney | 22 December, 2009 08:46

  Tags: international space station, space shuttle