While rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center are routine, relatively few are timed optimally to allow for viewing so far north.

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

"I think it was intended for use as on-orbit stowage for a launch and ... Station and the shuttle. "The studio rented all of the panels from my space shuttle forward cockpit," said Fongheiser ...