A 1996 Plan to Use NASA's Oldest Orbiter to Make Money on the Moon

Assembly of OV-102, NASA’s first spaceworthy Space Shuttle Orbiter, commenced in March 1975. The 111-ton reusable winged spaceship first reached low-Earth orbit during STS-1 (12-14 April 1981), the Space Shuttle Program’s first mission. Named for the female personification of the United States of America, the first American sailing ship to circle the globe, and the […]