OTD in 1991, astronaut John Blaha & the crew of Atlantis launched on an ambitious mission devoted to satellites and science. And Blaha realized what a lucky person he was. […]
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OTD in 2011, the Space Shuttle launched for the final time. Ten years on, AmericaSpace remembers that drama-filled day. […] 
Thirty years ago, shuttle Atlantis & the STS-37 crew snatched success from the jaws of defeat to deploy @NASA’s second Great Observatory. […] 
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. […] 
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. […] 
As America celebrates #Thanksgiving, @AmericaSpace looks back at the 1st shuttle crew to celebrate the holiday, OTD in 1985. […] 
OTD in 1989, the crew of #Atlantis deployed the Galileo probe on a voyage of discovery to giant Jupiter. […] 
As @NASA marks 20 years of @Space_Station habitation, AmericaSpace looks back at STS-106, the mission which prepared the crew quarters for #Expedition1. […] 
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? […] 
Twenty-five years ago, an enduring period of co-operation between the United States and Russia began with the first shuttle-Mir docking mission. Photo Credit: NASA 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 […] |
 Next Launch OFT-2 on a Atlas V 421 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFB, FL Launch Date to be determined. Click here for more details...  NASA SLS : Artemis 1 mission launching late 2021 from Kennedy Space Center. Click HERE for more information.  |
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