Bringing the Space Shuttle Enterprise to life started began even before the celebrated Apollo era and even before NASA was actually a thing. Prior to the national space program’s existence, there was NACA—the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. They were the first to contemplate a vehicle that could fly to space and back, landing horizontally […]
This ‘Seamstress of the Stars’ Kept NASA’s Space Shuttle Safe and Stylish
April 11, 2018
When I first would think of the Space Shuttle, I always thought of it as basically an airplane that went to outer space. Of course this was when I was a child, but as I grew up, I still thought of the exterior of the shuttle as metallic and tough, especially since it had to […]
Today’s Star Letter is from Robin Seemangal. *** NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s space coast is called the gateway to the stars. That’s where I am writing this Star Letter and I hope it finds you well. It’s early in the morning, just after sunrise. I’m sitting on the grass in front of the […]
