When people think of a space shuttle they think of the American version – the space shuttle, or orbiter, a reusable, winged spacecraft that rode to orbit on a rocket but landed back on Earth like an ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a white ceramic tile made for ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Buran program was judged a success and would likely have continued had the Cold War carried on. Unfortunately, it suffered from poor timing: the Soviet Union had ...