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STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module, and delivered supplies for the station's crew. It was the last human spaceflight of the 20th century.
Astronauts crewing the replacement for the Space Shuttle. Killed when the vehicle explodes during launch. [73] Buzz Caldwell Charlie Numbers and the Man in the Moon (2017), novel Space Shuttle: c. 2017 (late January) Original Space Shuttle astronaut who flew in space six times runs aerospace company that sponsors paper airplane contest. [74]
Second shuttle mission: Paul Hawkins (CDR) Tom Young (PLT) Lisa Morrell (Mission Specialist) Nick Carter [Nicholas J. Huntington Carter] (impersonating Richard Chappell, Lt. Col., USAF) (Payload Specialist) Salyut: Sergei (no last name given) Unnamed cosmonaut Nick Carter-Killmaster Death Orbit (1986), novel Space Shuttle Two shuttle missions
The Survivors from Outer Space (1995), TV Space Shuttle (Uxus Mission) Contemporary/Near Future Future (c. 2700) Space shuttle returns to Earth after 700 years in space with crew in hibernation. Emerson is an Immortal. [23] James Monroe The Monroes (1995), TV Space Shuttle: Contemporary Former astronaut, member of powerful Kennedy-like family ...
The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute 13 seconds when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch. The cold morning shrunk an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode.
This is a list of persons who served aboard Space Shuttle crews, arranged in chronological order by Space Shuttle missions. Abbreviations: PC = Payload Commander; MSE = USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer; Mir = Launched to be part of the crew of the Mir Space Station; ISS = Launched to be part of the crew of the International Space Station.
Eileen Marie Collins (born 19 November 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel.A former flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.
Space Shuttle Discovery: Kennedy LC-39A: United Space Alliance STS-82: NASA Low Earth Hubble Servicing Mission 2: 21 February 08:32: Successful Crewed orbital flight with seven astronauts 12 February 04:50 M-V: Uchinoura ISAS HALCA (MUSES-B) ISAS Medium Earth Astronomy: In orbit: Successful Maiden flight of M-V; Mission concluded in November ...