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America’s Destiny: Remembering the Launch of the U.S. Lab, 20 Years On
Twenty years after its launch on shuttle Atlantis, the U.S. Destiny lab remains a critical command and control hub & nerve-center for the @Space_Station. More
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A Mission Cut Short: Remembering STS-44, OTD in 1991
OTD in 1991, the crew of #Atlantis became the last shuttle astronauts to land on a dry lakebed runway & with no family to welcome them home. More
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Barn Burner: Remembering the Record-Setting Return of Atlantis, OTD in 1985
As America celebrates #Thanksgiving, @AmericaSpace looks back at the 1st shuttle crew to celebrate the holiday, OTD in 1985. More
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‘Happiness Is…’: Remembering STS-34, OTD in 1989
OTD in 1989, the crew of #Atlantis deployed the Galileo probe on a voyage of discovery to giant Jupiter. More
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ISS At 20: Remembering STS-106, OTD in 2000
As @NASA marks 20 years of @Space_Station habitation, AmericaSpace looks back at STS-106, the mission which prepared the crew quarters for #Expedition1. More
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Passing Ships: Remembering the Atlantis-Columbia Photo-Op, 30 Years On
Today, 30yrs ago, in one of the shuttle program’s greatest photo-ops, Columbia and Atlantis passed each other on their respective treks out and back to the launch pad. But why? More
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We Have Capture: Remembering STS-71 and Shuttle-Mir, 25 Years On
Twenty-five years ago, this summer, six U.S. astronauts and four Russian cosmonauts circled the Earth together in a remarkable exercise of co-operation between two former superpowers and ideological foes. In June 1995, Space Shuttle Atlantis and her crew of seven performed the first docking between an American spacecraft and a Russian space station, linking up […] More
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A New Vehicle: Remembering Atlantis’ STS-101 Mission, 20 Years On
As the United States readies itself for the launch of an entirely new space vehicle next week—the long-awaited voyage of the Demo-2 Crew Dragon, carrying NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken—today also marks 20 years since a (virtually) brand-new spacecraft roared aloft on a mission to kickstart the assembly the International Space Station (ISS) […] More
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The Story of the Vanishing Satellite: Remembering Top-Secret STS-36, 30 Years On
In many minds, STS-36—a top-secret Department of Defense mission, flown 30 years ago this month—was one of the greatest flights ever undertaken in the three decades of Space Shuttle operations. In his memoir Man On A Mission, astronaut Dave Hilmers recalled that Flight Director Rob Kelso made this remark to a reporter, although STS-36’s classified nature meant the reality of what the […] More
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The Limits of Relaxed: Remembering STS-30, Thirty Years On
Thirty years ago, this week, shuttle Atlantis sat patiently primed on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, only days away from her fourth voyage into orbit. Veteran astronauts Dave Walker, Ron Grabe, Norm Thagard and Mary Cleave, joined by “rookie” spacefarer Mark Lee, were tasked with a four-day mission to deliver […] More
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‘Better Than The Simulator’: Remembering the Rip-Roaring Flight of STS-122
Launching to space is undoubtedly an exciting and terrifying experience, all rolled into one, as millions of pounds of thrust combine in a controlled explosion to blast a group of humans beyond Earth’s protective veil and into the harsh environment beyond. But for the crew of STS-122—Commander Steve Frick, Pilot Alan “Dex” Poindexter and Mission […] More
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‘Dying All Tensed-Up’: 30 Years Since the Troubled Secret Mission of STS-27
Thirty years ago, at 9:30 a.m. EST on 2 December 1988, Atlantis rocketed into crystal-blue Florida skies to begin the second shuttle mission in the wake of the Challenger tragedy. Two months earlier, her sister Discovery had brought the fleet back to active service and the task of the five STS-27 astronauts—Commander Robert “Hoot” Gibson, […] More
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