NASA managers are providing a sneak preview of the final space shuttle mission during a series of briefings today at Johnson Space Center in Houston, but they're also previewing how the space agency ...

The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the weaving of wide cloth faster and easier, stood at the threshold between the largely handcrafted world of the past and the ...

The iconic set of 45 Draper X3 shuttle looms, once housed at the legendary White Oak denim mill, are now officially available for acquisition. Ownership of the rare and historically significant ...

CAPE CANAVERAL (CBS4)-For the last time a United States space shuttle undocked from the International Space Station. As the shuttle pulled away, the docking port grew dimmer and fuzzier in the ...

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