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- BBC NEWS | Special Report | ISS | Shuttle makes night landing
Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery have made a rare night-time landing on a floodlit runway after completing their mission to the International Space Station
- BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1988: Shuttle blasts US back into space
The space shuttle, Discovery, lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1637 BST after a 90-minute delay due to unsuitable weather conditions Half a million people in the streets around the Kennedy Space Center watched the take-off, which Nasa said went without a hitch
- BBC ON THIS DAY | 24 | 1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space
The American space agency Nasa has successfully launched the space shuttle Discovery from Cape Canaveral in Florida on its historic mission to carry the Hubble space telescope into orbit 380 miles (611 5 km) above the Earth The telescope will operate from high above the atmosphere, thus avoiding the interference which limits ground-based telescopes It will be able to see up to the edge of
- BBC NEWS | Science Nature | Shuttle return held for 24 hours
Space shuttle Discovery's return to Earth is delayed for 24 hours due to bad weather at its landing site
- Calculating Space Shuttle Velocity: Astronaut Melroys Historic Flight
Homework Statement Problem Statement: Astronaut Pam Melroy, history's 3rd woman space shuttle pilot, flew the space shuttle discovery to the International Space Station to complete construction in October of 2000 To undock from the space station, Pilot Melroy released goooks holding the 2
- BBC NEWS | Science Nature | Astronaut fixes shuttle problem
Nasa hopes a makeshift repair carried out to US space shuttle Discovery makes a safe return to Earth more likely "We've got a clear vehicle for de-orbit," said lead flight director Paul Hill, after astronaut Stephen Robinson finished a six-hour spacewalk The astronaut used his hands to yank out
- Space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Florida - BBC News
The space shuttle Discovery has blasted off on its mission to the International Space Station (ISS) The shuttle, on one of the final missions before the programme is shut down at the end of 2010, is hauling equipment and supplies to the station The astronauts are due to carry out three spacewalks
- BBC ON THIS DAY | 24
1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space The space shuttle Discovery takes off, carrying the revolutionary Hubble Telescope into orbit high above the Earth's atmosphere
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