Shuttle Tail News Today

Space Shuttle Columbia. Photo: San Diego Air & Space Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The aerospace industry has deep roots on Long Island from the birth of flight to the space race.     It’s no wonder that even parts and pieces of the magnificent vehicles that took Americans into outer space were assembled by Long Island companies.     Even the tail section of the Space Shuttle was manufactured right here on Long Island at Fairchild (alternatively referred to in docum...

Spacestation. we are taking a live look now as the shoes tell begins to close its gap -- as the shuttle begins to close the gap. they completed a tricky back flip known as the r barry mover -- r-bar maneuver. it exposes the heat shields to the international sais station allowing them to inspect the belly of their ship to determine if it is safe to re-enter the earths atmosphere. the docking maneuver will be even trickier than usual for this crew because the vessels big dish antenna is not workin...