SpaceSpace shuttle carrier plane heads out on Texas convoy One of the huge 747s that gave piggyback rides to space shuttles is headed to Houston to star in an 8-storey-tall museum exhibit 51¶¯Âþ
SpaceEurope's home-grown space shuttle gears up for launch The IXV is Europe's first attempt in 16 years to build a spaceship that can re-enter Earth's atmosphere – it could one day carry astronauts into space 51¶¯Âþ