State pledges support for shuttle in USAF museum
October 24, 2010
Space Shuttle Atlantis at the International Space Station earlier this year (Photo: NASA)
Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010
A retired space shuttle in the National Museum of the United States Air Force would become a tool for STEM learning programs in Ohio and perhaps beyond, a state education official said last week in a letter to the space agency.
The letter by Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Deborah Delisle to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden follows one from the Ohio Division of Tourism promoting the National Museum as an ideal place to make a retired shuttle orbiter accessible to citizens. Read more at AviationDayton.com
Atlantis back on earth; USAF museum next?
May 26, 2010
Atlantis touches down. The Ohio Senate has asked
NASA to put a shuttle in the National Museum of the
U.S. Air Force. (NASA image)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Space Shuttle Atlantis ended its last scheduled
mission flawlessly today, touching down on Kennedy
Space Center after 12 days in space.
Meanwhile, the Ohio Senate has added its voice in
urging NASA to put a shuttle in the National Museum
of the United States Air Force near Dayton.
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Ex-astronauts seek shuttle for USAF national museum
May 21, 2010
Atlantis at the space station: A group of former
astronauts have asked NASA to put it in the
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (NASA
image)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
DAYTON, Ohio – Eighteen former astronauts are asking NASA to choose the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton as a place to display one of its space shuttles after the fleet is retired – preferably Atlantis, now docked at the International Space Station on its last scheduled mission.
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