Toyota said the truck was not modified or enhanced in any way to accomplish the tow. Toyota's participation towing the space shuttle was in support of an existing partnership between Toyota Motor ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America’s long-haul space truck returned to duty Saturday as the shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit with a 17-ton load of construction material for the International ...

Here’s how it works. The pickup truck that helped to tow a retired space shuttle to its museum display last year is now part of an interactive exhibit designed to demonstrate how to pick up ...

The Toyota Tundra pickup truck that towed NASA's space shuttle Endeavour part of the way to the California Science Center (CSC) in October 2012 is now part of the center's Giant Lever exhibit.

The journey of the space shuttle equipment this week will take ... and each will be transported on its own truck. “They’re big rockets,” said Jeffrey Rudolph, president of the California ...

The Space Shuttle's return to Earth was one of the most dangerous parts of its mission. With temperatures exceeding 1650°C and plasma blocking all communications for 12 minutes, the orbiter relied on ...

The space shuttle Endeavour is lifted into position at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center on Tuesday morning. (Ringo Chiu / For The Times) ...

ST. CLOUD — The space shuttle replica owned by a St. Cloud native touched down here this weekend following a weeklong journey from Florida to Minnesota. The trek took the 25-ton fuselage on ...

there simply isn't as much need for a proverbial "space pickup truck" as the Space Shuttle ultimately became. Photo: Sierra Space The Dream Chaser's more modest payload capacity of 11,000 lbs ...