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- Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011 It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA The Space Shuttle, officially known as the Space Transportation System (STS), was the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Discovery Discovery is an example of a Space Shuttle orbiter, a component of NASA’s Space Transportation System (STS) The STS consisted of a combination of a Space Shuttle orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and a fuel tank Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight in 2011 as the oldest and most
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
The Space Shuttle Discovery is a reusable spacecraft that carried astronauts into space and is now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum
- Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most utilized orbiter Discovery was flown on 39 Earth-orbital missions, spent a total of 365 days in space, and traveled almost 240 million kilometers (150 million miles)--more than the other orbiters It shuttled 184 men and women into space and
- History of Space Shuttle Rendezvous - NASASpaceFlight. com
History of Space Shuttle RendezvousSpace Shuttle Guidance, Navigation, and Rendezvous Knowledge Capture Reports JSC-66136 Revision 1 - October 2011 This document is a catalog and readers guide to lessons learned, experience, and technical history reports, as well as compilation volumes prepared by United Space Alliance personnel for the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Flight Dynamics Division
- Move Space Shuttle Discovery to Texas
Move Space Shuttle Discovery to TexasThat is 14+ years to late in my opinion I would instead propose a display that would replicate the one at Kennedy Space Center with two differences: Instead of the Space Shuttle Atlantis with a Hubble mockup, have a mockup of Space Shuttle Columbia as flown on STS-107 to include a mockup of the Research Double module
- A new podcast about Space Shuttle, Sixteen Sunsets with Kevin Fong.
To survive, NASA gambles on a radical new program: the Space Shuttle - a reusable spacecraft promising a new era of spaceflight, but it comes at a cost – a Faustian bargain with the US military, that will reshape its dreams and NASA's destiny Ever wondered how the Space Shuttle came to be? Welcome to a new podcast series, 16 Sunsets
- AVIC Cargo shuttle “Haolong”
The Haolong space cargo shuttle, developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute under the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), was among the winning projects, and was awarded a contract for the engineering flight verification phase The spacecraft of this type can be launched by a carrier rocket and dock with the space station After separating from the
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