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@WIRED
1 year ago
In the early morning hours of April 12, 1981, NASA launched STS-1—its first launch of the space transport system. NASA claimed the space shuttle, at the time, was the most complex flying machine ever built. : NASA https://t.co/62nupUe3Xw
@WIRED
9 years ago
NASA hopes to use its new Space Launch System to rocket crewed Orion spacecraft to space, maybe even to Mars.