Describes the current work done on the space shuttle at various facilities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and provides a brief overview of the U.S. spac

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“Tackles the ever-changing, twenty-first-century space industry and what privately funded projects like Elon Musk’s SpaceX mean for the future of space trav

From Bumper V-2 rocket launches in 1950 to the launch of the Orion spacecraft atop a Delta IV rocket in 2014, NASA's Kennedy Space Center has served as the nati

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