Fifty years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976-Constitution Day of Americas bicentennial year-NASA unveiled its first space shuttle orbiter, OV-101, to the public. NASA had originally planned to name the vehicle Constitution, but a letter-writing campaign changed the agencys plans. Nearly 100,000 fans of the Star Trek television series wrote the White House urging that the []
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976-Constitution Day of Americas bicentennial year-NASA unveiled its first space shuttle orbiter, OV-101, to the public. NASA had originally planned to name the vehicle Constitution, but a letter-writing campaign changed the agencys plans. Nearly 100,000 fans of the Star Trek television series wrote the White House urging that the []
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