UCLA physics and astronomy professors fondly recollect the space shuttle Challenger's first landing from orbit "“ the crowds of half a million, the thundering noises and the desert heat. In the coming years, no such memories will be made. Read more...
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Mike Rich (left), a UCLA research astronomer, and Matt Malkan, a UCLA physics and astronomy professor, rely on information from the NASA space shuttle program, which will end in June with Atlantis’ final flight. The program completed more than 100 missions and placed the Hubble Space Telescope above Earth.
