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The Aviation Systems Division at at NASA Ames Research Center is the home to the world’s biggest and most sophisticated flight simulator, the Vertical Motion Simulator or VMS. Its primary aim is to give the astronauts and the pilots who fly the space shuttles helicopters, Joint Strike Fighters and other high speed aircrafts a taste of what its [...]

NASA’s space shuttle, Atlantis has made a successful touchdown at the space port in Florida after completing its mission of delivering a cargo to the international space station and the mission duration was 11 days. The Atlantis flight has been especially of great significance as it was deemed as the final space shuttle flight from NASA, before [...]

One of the most historic moments for mankind, was the landing of the Apollo mission on the moon in the year 1969, a date that has been recorded as one of the most endearing of times in history. Today, the moon mission’s souvenirs went on auction at Bonhams auction in New York. This one of a kind auction included navigation charts used by the Apollo [...]