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Last landing Space Shuttle Endeavour

The space shuttle Endeavour, atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, lands at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center.  Today’s flight… Continue reading

Shuttle Endeavour Ferry Flight Rescheduled to Sept. 19

WASHINGTON — NASA’s ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 19 due to an unfavorable weather forecast along the flight path on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Endeavour now is expected… Continue reading

Space Shuttle Endeavour To Make Historic Final Ferry Flight

WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era when it departs Monday, Sept. 17, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida headed… Continue reading

Norwegian Air Shuttle becomes Boeing’s Largest Landing Gear Exchange Customer

Boeing today announced that  Norwegian Air Shuttle, the third largest low-cost airline in Europe , has become  the largest customer for the Boeing landing gear exchange program with a new  service contract covering an additional 15 Next-Generation 737s.

Landing gear… Continue reading

Norwegian firms up order for 100 Airbus A320neo

New Airbus customer in Norway

8 June 2012

Norwegian, one of the largest low cost carriers in Europe, has firmed up its order for 100 A320neo aircraft with Airbus. This follows a commitment signed in January. The order makes Norwegian… Continue reading

Space shuttle Enterprise moves to museum in NYC

US space shuttle Enterprise floated along New York’s Hudson River and finally docked at its new floating home in a museum on Wednesday.   The prototype space shuttle rode a barge from Jersey City, New Jersey to the Intrepid Sea,… Continue reading

Boeing to Provide GoldCare Coverage for Norwegian Air Shuttle 787s

Airline is first to include GoldCare line maintenance option

SEATTLE, March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today announced  that Norwegian Air Shuttle, the third largest low-cost airline in Europe, is the newest GoldCare customer, with a… Continue reading

National Museum USAF to receive retired NASA space shuttle crew compartment trainer

DAYTON, Ohio (AFNS) — A retired NASA space shuttle crew compartment trainer is expected to arrive this summer at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
The CCT is a high-fidelity representation of the Space Shuttle Orbiter crew station… Continue reading

Boeing Delivers 200th Boeing Sky Interior

Norwegian Air Shuttle to operate Next-Generation 737-800

SEATTLE, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) popular passenger-inspired 737 Boeing Sky Interior marked its 200th milestone with yesterday’s delivery to Scandinavian customer, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA.

“The superior passenger experience… Continue reading

Boeing leasing shuttle hangar to build new capsule

Boeing is taking over one of NASA’s old space shuttle hangars to build a new capsule that the company hopes will lift astronauts to orbit in four or five years.

More than 100 Boeing, NASA and state and federal officials… Continue reading

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Bids Farewell to the Space Shuttle Program, Encourages Plan for Future Human Spaceflight

Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down at NASA Kennedy Space Center, officially bringing an end to the nation’s space shuttle program and a 30-year legacy of boosting astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Three Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Space Shuttle… Continue reading

Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT

At 5:57 a.m. EDT, space shuttle Atlantis landed for the final time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after 200 orbits around Earth and a journey of 5,284,862 miles on STS-135.

It was the 25th night landing, the 78th landing at… Continue reading