Top Gear's Hammond and May try to make a Reliant Robin into a space shuttle, BBC Worldwide.

Challenger Space Shuttle Crash

STS-92 space shuttle launch. In the background you can hear car alarms going off.

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 jetliners that NASA uses to transport a space shuttle orbiter. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short range 747-100SR. The SCAs are used to ferry space shuttles from landing sites back to the launch complex at the Kennedy Space.... more

The Buran spacecraft (Буран, "snowstorm" or "blizzard"), serial number 11F35 K1, was the only fully completed and operational space shuttle from the Soviet Union's Buran program. It had only one (unmanned) spaceflight, in 1988, before the program was cancelled in 1993. It was destroyed by a.... more

slow motion launch footage of a new low cost space vehicle concept ;-) No it's not fake, it was the largest non-commercial rocket launch in Europe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/production_notes/shuttle.shtml http://www.metacafe.com/watch/440819/top_gear_shuttle_launch_aka_the_new_car_bomb/

Newb Heli Video

This is a test of a Space Shuttle main engine. The test was conducted at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in 2006. You can't see much since the engine is in the test stand, but the thunder of the engine is impressive in person.

This 31 second movie clip shows a takeoff and landing of the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. NASA uses two modified Boeing 747 jetliners, originally manufactured for commercial use, as Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). One is a 747-100 model, while the other is designated a 747-100SR (short range). The two aircraft.... more

El Transbordador Espacial Endeavour despegó con éxito desde la plataforma de lanzamiento 39A de Cabo Cañaveral, en Florida el miércoles 8 de Agosto a las 22:36 GMT. Se inicia así la Misión número 22 con destino a la Estación Espacial Internacional. El Endeavour y sus siete tripulantes llegarán a la ISS el.... more