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On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, the first humans to travel to the Moon, read from the Book of Genesis during a television broadcast. During their ninth orbit of the Moon astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman recited verses 1 through 10 of the Genesis creation narrative from the King James Bible. [1]
Space Shuttle Two shuttle missions Soyuz-Salyut: Contemporary/Near Future (September – October) Secret USAF shuttle missions, the first to launch an Air Force satellite, the second to investigate Richardson's murder during EVA. Salyut is stealth-capable and armed with six nuclear missiles. [54] Zach Bergstrom Atlantis: Andie Bergstrom
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]
Anna Menon, a mission specialist and medical officer on the Polaris Dawn mission, poses with "Kisses from Space," a children's book she co-authored. Menon read the book Wednesday from orbit.
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 ...
Longest Space Shuttle mission flown; Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five Space Shuttle orbiters [186] [187] 81 12 January 1997 09:27:23 UTC 04:27:23 EST STS-81: Atlantis: 6/6 10d 04h LC-39B: Kennedy SLF: Shuttle-Mir docking [188] [189] 82 11 February 1997 08:55:17 UTC 03:55:17 EST STS-82: Discovery: 7 09d 23h LC-39A ...
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.
STS-49 logged 213 hours in space and 141 Earth orbits prior to landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. [8] On her third flight, Thornton was a mission specialist EVA crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on the STS-61 [6]: 88–89 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing and repair mission. STS-61 launched at night from the ...