It is the same one used by the last NASA astronauts to launch from American soil, the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew in July 2011. Indeed, Launch Complex 39 A and B have been the site of every U.S ...
After nearly 30 years and 134 liftoffs NASA launched its final shuttle into orbit. Space shuttle Atlantis will carry out the program's last mission. While the future of NASA's budget still remains ...
First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger on June ... 1995, when space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir. During this historic STS-71 ...
However, had Atlantis suffered major damage during her launch to the telescope ... This rescue mission was called STS-400. When the Space Shuttle fleet returned to action after the loss of ...
STS-89's crew members were the first to reach Mir in a shuttle other than Atlantis. Building the International Space Station Endeavour ... 6, just two days after launch, the astronauts mated ...
While their latest launch officially broke the record for fastest reflight of a space vehicle that had previously been set by Space Shuttle Atlantis, there’s still a lot of work to be done if ...
Shuttle Discovery – STS-31 in 1990 – was Hubble’s ride into space, with her crew ... seeing her sat on Pad 39B ready to launch at short notice in the event Atlantis’ launch – from ...
The U.S. space agency started the countdown Monday for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The National Aeronautics and Space ...