WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dennis Tito, founder and chairman of theInspiration Mars Foundation, testified today before the House Science Subcommittee on Space during a hearing on commercial space. Tito shared ...

Crowds gathered along the streets of Downey on Thursday to catch sight of a full-size original space shuttle prototype named the “Inspiration” being transported. The model was built in 1972 as part of ...

"And so, looking at those images, it is clear we are in a new astrophysics era, Hubble was grandpa’s telescope. We’ve stepped through a portal to another window on the universe never before achieved." ...

ST. CLOUD — It’s official. St. Cloud will be the new home of the Inspiration Mock Orbiter. The Inspiration is a NASA-built model of a space shuttle that's incredibly realistic, according to the ...

Columbia Memorial Space Center will exhibit "Inspiration" in a new building to be constructed over the next two years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Felicity-John Pederson, creator of a promising St. Cloud tech company, made headlines last year when he brought a full-scale replica of the space shuttle from Florida to his hometown But Pederson’s ...

ST. CLOUD — The space shuttle replica owned by a St. Cloud native touched down here this weekend following a weeklong journey from Florida to Minnesota. The trek took the 25-ton fuselage on winding ...

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