Shannon Airport has had many eye-catching visitors over the years. But the prospect of a NASA space shuttle hurtling towards ...
Ireland was required to agree to plan under 1960s space treaties - but felt crash landing was only a remote possibility ...
Another member of the safety panel, Mark Sirangelo, said NASA should formally declare mishaps and close calls as soon as possible. “It allows for the investigative team to be starting to be formed a ...
If you ever get to see one of the retired space shuttles up close, you will be struck by how rickety it looks. Just go to the California Science Center in Los Angeles or the Intrepid Museum in New ...
SpaceX is set to launch its Flight 10 Starship on Sunday evening, marking a pivotal moment for the company’s Mars ambitions and its $2.9 billion NASA Artemis contract after three consecutive failures ...
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Shannon Airport was an 'emergency landing' spot for the Space Shuttle if multiple engines failed
SHANNON AIRPORT WAS proposed as a potential “emergency landing” site for the NASA Space Shuttle after a change in the launch plans for the now-defunct spacecraft some thirty years ago.
The space agency failed to declare the spacecraft's thruster glitch as a mishap, creating confusion and uncertainty.
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