Space-themed party invitations. You can turn the invitations into a craft activity by making your own space shuttle invites with the kids using construction paper and shuttle photos from magazines ...

If you and your family watched yesterday’s launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis, you may find yourselves wanting to commemorate the event, or perhaps find that your children have a sudden spark of ...

Shuttle crew checking craft for damage. July 9, 2011 / 9:34 AM EDT / CBS/AP ... In 2003, damage sustained during liftoff destroyed space shuttle Columbia when it returned to Earth.

During its time in service, Columbia carried 160 astronauts away from Earth; the craft holds the record for the shortest and longest space shuttle missions (2 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes and 12 ...

Astronaut Packs Crafts for Creative Space Station Trip. News. By Miriam Kramer published 23 May 2013 ... "I visited space station in 2008 on the space shuttle Discovery, ...

The Discovery was the most accomplished space shuttle orbiter in the fleet with 133 successful missions and spent 365 days in space. Kid love walking around and seeing the shuttle’s details.

There have been dozens of Lego space shuttle sets over the years, going all the way back to 1990, made in all sorts of scales and aimed at both kids and adult collectors.. There hasn’t been a ...

Kids in Washington witness space shuttle Discovery’s last flight. April 17, 2012 More than 13 years ago. The space shuttle Discovery, mounted on top of a jet, flies over the White House.

The Space Shuttle was NASA’s workhorse for 30 ... NASA was already beginning the design and develop their next generation of crew-carrying craft. Nearly a decade later, the Space Shuttle was born.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1: See Space Shuttle Endeavour before it goes off-view ‘for several years' The celebrated spacecraft will be moved to a new pavilion now under construction at its longtime home, the ...

The Space Shuttle flew on 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. Credit: US Mint. ... casings, and main engines are all repurposed and refurbished from Space Shuttle craft.

Space Shuttle Endeavour will be hoisted into the air and delicately placed into upright launch-ready position at the California Science Center’s new 200,000-square-foot Samuel Oschin Air and ...