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BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1995: Space pioneers take first small steps Michael Foale has become the first British-born American to walk in space Dr Foale - originally from Lincolnshire - and Dr Bernard Harris, the first black astronaut, stepped out into the open cargo bay of Nasa's space shuttle Discovery at 1210 GMT They were testing a modified space suit and astronaut endurance
BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1988: Shuttle blasts US back into space - BBC News Discovery landed safely at Edwards Air Force base, California, four days later The crew on mission STS-26 were commander Frederick Hauck, Richard Covey, John Lounge, George Nelson, and David Hilmers Space shuttle research began in 1972 and Columbia was launched in 1981 - the world's first reusable space vehicle
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
BBC News - Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth The shuttle Discovery has landed back on Earth after a two-week mission to the International Space Station (ISS) The orbiter touched down on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center at 0908 local time (1308 GMT)
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 NEWS | Science Nature | Astronauts finish long spacewalk The two astronauts spent nearly seven hours on the outside Discovery astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Steve Robinson are now back inside the space shuttle after completing a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk The two shuttle crew members tested repair techniques for heatshield tiles during the first
Science Environment | US space shuttle returns to Earth - BBC News Nasa's space shuttle Discovery has landed at the Edwards air force base in California Plans to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida were postponed due to bad weather The shuttle missed two landing slots on Thursday, before landing at 1753 PDT on Friday (0053GMT Saturday)
BBC NEWS | Special Report | ISS | Shuttle makes night landing Discovery swooped through a mostly clear sky and touched down at Kennedy Space Center just after 0200 local time (0700BST) It was only the 11th time that a space shuttle had landed in darkness Discovery astronauts spent six of their 10 days in orbit preparing the International Space Station (ISS) for its first long-term occupants next year
BBC NEWS | Science Nature | Shuttle return held for 24 hours Low-lying cloud which could obscure the landing strip forced flight controllers to scrub Monday's two landing windows at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center Discovery's mission is the first flight for the shuttle since Columbia broke up on re-entry in February 2003 The shuttle was originally due to land at 0946 BST (0446 EST; 0846 GMT)
Calculating Space Shuttle Velocity: Astronaut Melroys Historic Flight 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 spacecraft together and the 68 000-kg shuttle pushed away from the space station with the aid of 4 large springs