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However it remains unnamed in the movie. [17] Salyut-7: 2017: Salyut 7 [18] Searching for Skylab: 2019: Skylab [19] Space Explorers: The ISS Experience: 2020: International Space Station [20] Space Station 3D: 2002: International Space Station [21] Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: 2017: Alpha (former International Space Station)
The capture and repair of the Solar Max satellite also receives a great deal of coverage, including a detailed overview of training for the mission in a large pool at NASA. This particular mission is of interest, as the first attempt at capturing the satellite failed, and a second attempt almost 12 hours later had to be made.
Generally, the film supports the Space Shuttle program and the dedication of NASA personnel in general while criticizing NASA management. After beginning on the eve of the launch, the rest of the film is told through flashback, beginning on July 19, 1985, when Christa McAuliffe was officially selected to be the first teacher to travel into space.
NASA probe that will complete a 12-year journey to nine different asteroids, visiting two main belt asteroids as well as six Jupiter trojans, [26] [27] asteroids which share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun, orbiting either ahead of or behind the planet. All target encounters will be fly-by encounters. [28]
Pages in category "Films about NASA" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Armageddon (1998 film)
Films about astronauts, persons trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the term is sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists
Time-lapse footage of the Earth captured by the NASA ATS III satellite in 1967. Hurricane Agnes made landfall in Florida on June 18, 1972, seen here from the ATS-3 satellite before moving ashore. The April 3-4, 1974, "Super Outbreak" is the second-largest outbreak of tornadoes in the U.S. on record, and holds the record for the most F5 ...
The Solar Maximum Mission satellite (or SolarMax) was designed to investigate Solar phenomena, particularly solar flares.It was launched on February 14, 1980. The SMM was the first satellite based on the Multimission Modular Spacecraft bus manufactured by Fairchild Industries, a platform which was later used for Landsat 4 and Landsat 5 [1] as well as the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.