This Day in History: Nixon authorizes $5.5 million to launch space shuttle program

Exactly 54 years ago today on Jan. 4, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million to develop a ...
CNN

California landing ends shuttle's Hubble trip

Space shuttle Atlantis landed Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base after rainy weather in Florida precluded a landing at Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle touched down at 8:39 a.m. PT at Edwards, about ...
World Socialist Web Site

This week in history: May 26-June 1

25 years ago: Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully repairs the International Space Station On May 29, 2000, Space Shuttle Atlantis reentered earth’s atmosphere and landed at the Kennedy Space Center in ...
The Pantagraph

25 years ago: Central Illinois native to pilot space shuttle Atlantis

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