John M. Conroy proposed a twin-fuselage giant assembled from two B-52s to ferry the Space Shuttle and potentially air-launch ...

A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour. The Lego ...

There was a time, not long ago, when airplanes flew in the skies of the world with spaceships placed on their backs. For those of you who still remember those times, but also for those curious about ...

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As mentioned above, buying the Lego Shuttle Carrier Aircraft includes the Up-Scaled Baby Astronaut set as an added free bonus with purchases over $150 until May 23 (normally $20). Standing over four ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The two-day trip for the jumbo jet that gave piggy back rides to some of NASA's space shuttles came to an end this morning. It was a slow-going journey but the 747 is finally at its ...

The Boeing 747 and NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise formed an iconic partnership in aerospace history. NASA modified a Boeing 747 into the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), which was specially designed ...

The U.S. Space Force is keen to add to its arsenal a spacecraft that would essentially serve as the cosmic equivalent of an aircraft carrier. Appropriately known as an "orbital carrier," the large ...