The site proposed by White Sands was the area now ... White Sands could have been the launch site for the ... in the 1970s they moved on to reusable winged spacecraft — the Space Shuttle.

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE ... the U.S. in a new direction and will eventually replace the space shuttle. He said the launch abort system is very important especially for crew members because ...

The Army tested 67 of the rockets at the White Sands V-2 Launch Site, also known as Launch Complex 33. ... In 1982, the third Space Shuttle mission, STS-3, landed at the airstrip at White Sands.

NASA's space shuttle is almost ... landing sites before a launch can take place. (Alternate U.S. landing sites include Edwards Air Force Base in California, and White Sands Space Harbor in New ...

This marked the only shuttle landing at White Sands. First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger on June 18, 1983, marked a pivotal milestone: Sally Ride became the ...

This history of White Sands’ use for shuttle landings is Wednesday’s NewSpace Nexus fun fact. The shuttles landed as gliders, so the astronauts flying them only had one chance to make a safe ...

Dawn this morning, the Northrop strip of the range was quiet and peaceful as photographers and NASA technicians waited for the mid morning landing. But within an hour, the strip was *** beehive of ...

Watch live as Boeing's Starliner spacecraft departs from the International Space Station for a landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico. The uncrewed spacecraft is scheduled to ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo., April 24, 2025--Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is building a platform in space to benefit and protect life on Earth, announced ...