NASA's forgotten Space Shuttle

long before America’s high-tech space shuttles were lofting astronauts and cargo into orbit and gliding back to Earth, a decidedly more basic version was forging a lonely path to space. lovingly handcrafted by engineers from NASA Test Shop 4650, this often overlooked piece of space history was cobbled together from steel beams, spare engine mounts, wood and aluminium. hand painted in a sparse all-white livery, OV-098 (as it was designated) was like a real-life Playmobil playset

read the full story in our first feature for It's Nice That or check out this beautiful 'spacecraft' in photos below