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The positioning had to be precise. The shuttle's nose was raised 200 feet into the night sky so that the rudder could clear 80 feet of space. Endeavour was then turned 17 degrees clockwise to ...
The Challenger lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 28, 1986. (NASA ... U.S. officials on Thursday confirmed that a 20-foot segment of the space shuttle Challenger was ... In Other News.
It’s the first time NASA has streamed a video from deep space using a laser. In the ultra-high definition video , the playful orange tabby cat chases, of all things, the elusive red dot from a ...
STS-105 was the 30th mission of Space Shuttle Discovery, in which Discovery went to the International Space Station. It launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida, on 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery 's final mission until STS-114 , because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the wake of the ...
The R-bar pitch maneuver (RPM), popularly called the rendezvous pitch maneuver or backflip, [1] was a maneuver performed by the Space Shuttle as it rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS) prior to docking. The Shuttle performed a backflip that exposed its heat-shield to the crew of the ISS that made photographs of it. Based on ...
NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew; Doppler radar animation of the debris after break up; President Bush's remarks at memorial service (February 4, 2003) The CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook STS-51L/107 Supplement; The 13-min. Crew cabin video (subtitled). Ends 4-min. before the Shuttle began to disintegrate.
The shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space. The space shuttle was ...
President Nixon authorizes the Space Shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that will transform the space frontier. Following a positive campaign, NASA introduces a diverse group of 35 astronaut candidates. Thousands witness Columbia's first launch, the first American spaceflight in six years.