Space Shuttle Main Engines In 1995 ... mission control only about 15 percent of the time while in orbit. A glass cockpit, with 11 flat panel color displays, replaced 32 dials and gauges starting ...

In this adapted excerpt, he recounts his STS-98 space shuttle crew ... overhead window in the aft cockpit, fingers curled around the hand controller for the shuttle’s maneuvering thrusters.

Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle delivered ... of 44 thrusters and dual cockpit control stations enabled ...

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home to the Houston area from Virginia.

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home to the Houston area from Virginia. The bill ...