Plaques Placed on Space Shuttle Runway Give Details of Shuttle History

Every time I think about the retiring of the Space Shuttle fleet, it bums me out. I’ve been following the Shuttle since grade school when the Challenger disaster was all we could think about. It’s sad to think that for theĀ foreseeableĀ future, United States astronauts will have to catch a ride with foreign governments to be able to make it into space.