NASA's newest space shuttle, Atlantis, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at the Rockwell International ...

But the Boeing 747 has found a large range of other uses, from carrying the Space Shuttle, to the specialized Boeing Dreamlifter, to NASA experimental aircraft (as the SOFIA), to military uses, ...

In total, NASA selected nine astronauts to fly the Boeing and SpaceX spaceships on the demonstration missions and first official crewed missions. The group includes former space-shuttle flyers ...