NASA’s Space Shuttle would land at Edwards return from space. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan were at Edwards Air Force Base as the Space Shuttle Columbia landed July 4 ...

Higgins concluded the Airstream likely accompanied the space shuttle as the NASA Convoy Command Vehicle any time the shuttle landed in California at Edwards Air Force Base. Higgins says the ...

Edwards Air Force base has been home to many ‘firsts’ in Air Force lore, from the first supersonic flight to the first space shuttle landing. This week the Air Force broke ground on another ...

The space shuttle Columbia safely touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where hundreds of thousands of people showed up to watch. Only two astronauts were on the ...

A new book by NASA astronaut Tom Jones shares intriguing stories about the agency’s longest-running space exploration ... on the desert area of Edwards Air Force Base in California in 1981.

For the first shuttle flights, that meant landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, a giant dry lakebed favored by test pilots. The rear wheels of space shuttle Columbia touch down on ...

The shuttle glided safely back to Edwards Air Force Base, becoming the first space shuttle to fly freely.NASA began launching regular flights of the space shuttle in 1981 — starting with ...

it was transported to Edwards Air Force Base in California, where it began a series of tests to ensure the success of future Space Shuttle flights. When I get on Google Meet with Jonathan McDowell ...

The space shuttle Atlantis lands at Edwards Air Force Base in 1989. NASA SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has been in development since 2012, but this week will mark its first crewed test flight.