there were printers aboard the Space Shuttle, and the story behind them is fascinating. The push for printers in space came from the combined forces of NASA’s love for checklists and the need ...

"The checklist was extremely complex ... Therefore, the loop should be considered failed, and the Space Shuttle should return to Earth. As well as a First Day PLS (Planned Landing) at Edwards ...

STS-1, better known as the space shuttle Columbia, left NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on 12 April 1981, and just over two days later came down to land at Edwards Air Force Base in ...