space shuttle

The El Paso area has seen many space shuttles land in & around El Paso. Here's a list of when we saw NASA's big white birds land in the Borderland.

Wanted - Texas space enthusiasts to name the space shuttle. According to a news release, while Florida is home to Atlantis, California has the Endeavor, Virginia the Discovery and New York the Enterprise, the Lone Star state recently received its very own full-scale space shuttle, but unlike the others, it doesn’t have a name.

Following several failed launch attempts due to mechanical difficulties, the Space Shuttle Endeavor blasted off on it's final mission this morning under the command of Mark Kelly, the husband of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The wounded congresswoman watched the launch in private from Kennedy Space Center.