Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 23, 1999, the space shuttle Columbia launched into orbit to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This space telescope can ...

Masthead title, Apr. 1981- NASA news. Each press kit has number, Eg.: STS-1, first space shuttle mission : press kit. Release no. 81-39, 81-138, 82-29, [etc.]. https ...

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Paul Richards, Dunmore native and mission specialist, celebrated the 25th anniversary of NASA's STS-102 while teaching folks what it takes to be an astronaut.