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Thirteen tons of telescopes and support equipment occupy the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia for mission STS-35, the first shuttle mission dedicated entirely to astronomy. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: 13 Tons of Telescopes

December 6, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

STS-35 was the first mission devoted exclusively to astronomy.

At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers tow the space shuttle orbiter Columbia from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Columbia Returns to Space

November 8, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Crew of STS-2 works through the night on shortened mission.

An NB-52 mothership carries an X-15 aloft for a research flight on April 13, 1960, Maj. Gen. Robert M. White's first flight in the hypersonic rocket plane. The X-15s reached speeds well beyond 4,000 mph and altitudes that qualified eight pilots for astronaut wings. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: The X-15 Lands

October 8, 2021 // by Kevin Wilcox

Rocket plane pushed the boundaries of aeronautics at dawn of the space race.

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