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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.
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [1]
James D. Vanover, a swing-arm contractor for United Space Alliance, fell to his death during preparations for a Space Shuttle mission. [148] [149] The death was later ruled a suicide. [150] 9 November 2013: Plesetsk, Russia: 2: Two workers cleaning out a propellant tank died when exposed to poisonous nitrogen tetroxide gases within the tank ...
Deemed an “engineering marvel,” the first of five winged orbiters — the space shuttle Columbia — made its inaugural flight in 1981. Twenty-two years and 28 trips to space later, the same ...
Individual Space Shuttle orbiters were named in honor of antique sailing ships of the navies of the world (though the test orbiter Enterprise, originally to be named "Constitution", had its name changed after the Star Trek starship, itself named after a series of US Navy ships), and they were also numbered using the NASA Orbiter Vehicle ...
Pages in category "Space Shuttle orbiters" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Space Shuttle program conducted flights between 1981 and 2011. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. ...
USA TODAY's page one with the Challenger space shuttle explosion on Jan. 29, 1986. A second space shuttle disaster. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were ...