HOUSTON — A soccer ball that was on the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger has made it to orbit 30 years later, thanks to a shared connection between one of the fallen astronauts and the ...
HOUSTON, TX (KLTV) - A soccer ball that was to be carried to space by the ill-fated Space Shuttle Challenger has finally reached its destination, 31 years later. Prior to the January 28, 1986 launch, ...
When the space shuttle Endeavour blasts off Friday afternoon, it will be carrying an instrument built by Boulder-based Ball Aerospace that may enable the spacecraft of the future to land on asteroids, ...