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‘To Fly the First One’: 40 Years Since the First Space Shuttle Crews
In the coming months, the first crews will be named for the maiden voyages of America’s first wholly-new piloted spacecraft in more than a generation. Since September 2014, Boeing and SpaceX have been working to develop their CST-100 Starliner and Crew Dragon vehicles for a series of critical test-flights, before committing both to International Space […] More
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in NASA, Space, astronaut, space shuttleRemembering John Young, an ‘Astronaut’s Astronaut’, Gone at Age 87
John Young, one of only 12 humans to have walked the dusty surface of the Moon, one of only three of mankind’s sons to have traveled twice to lunar distance, the only astronaut to fly aboard Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle, and the first person to record six space missions, has died, aged 87. […] More
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Astronaut Scholarship Foundation to Honor 35th Anniversary of First Shuttle Missions
Thirty-five years ago, this summer, NASA worked around the clock to process the first reusable orbital manned spacecraft for something which had never previously been attempted. For two decades, U.S. astronauts had journeyed to and from space aboard single-use ballistic capsules, but in the summer of 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia had wrapped up a smooth […] More
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‘To Come to California’: 35 Years Since STS-1 Inaugurated the Space Shuttle Program (Part 2)
Thirty-five years have now passed since the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Program. On the morning of 12 April 1981, orbiter Columbia rocketed away from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), kicking off a new era which would see more humans delivered into the heavens than at any other point in history. […] More
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‘You Don’t Go Fly When You Got Debts’: 35 Years Since STS-1 Inaugurated the Space Shuttle Program (Part 1)
Thirty-five years ago, on 12 April 1981, the first winged orbital space vehicle carrying human pilots was launched from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Aboard Columbia for STS-1—the long-awaited maiden voyage of the shuttle era—were Commander John Young and Pilot Bob Crippen, tasked with spending two days evaluating the performance of […] More
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Top Ten US EVA Missions of All Time: No. 9—’Down to a Dance’
More than 30 years ago, the 13th flight of the shuttle program roared into orbit. Aboard Challenger for Mission 41C were Commander Bob Crippen, Pilot Dick Scobee, and Mission Specialists Terry Hart, James “Ox” van Hoften, and George “Pinky” Nelson, tasked with the deployment of NASA’s Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) and the retrieval, EVA […] More
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‘To Come to California’: Remembering Shuttle Columbia’s Maiden Voyage
More than three decades have passed since the maiden voyage of the space shuttle. On 12 April 1981, orbiter Columbia rocketed away from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), kicking off a new era which would see more humans delivered into the heavens than at any other point in history. As described in […] More
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Dawn of an Era: Remembering Shuttle Columbia’s Maiden Launch
Thirty-four years ago, today, on 12 April 1981, the first winged orbital space vehicle carrying human pilots was launched from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Aboard Columbia for STS-1—the long-awaited maiden voyage of the shuttle era—were Commander John Young and Pilot Bob Crippen, tasked with spending two days evaluating the performance […] More
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US Space Walk of Fame Museum Dedicates New Space Shuttle Monument
This past Saturday morning, on Nov. 1, various space luminaries, shuttle astronauts, members of the Brevard County community, former space shuttle program workers, and local citizens paid tribute to the space shuttle era as the Space Walk of Fame Museum, located in Titusville, Fla., dedicated its new shuttle monument at Space View Park. This monument […] More
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‘Desk in the Middle of a Prairie’: 30 Years Since Shuttle Mission 41G and America’s First Female Spacewalk (Part 2)
Thirty years ago, today (on 5 October 1984), history was made when Shuttle Challenger rocketed into orbit on Mission 41G, an ambitious science and technology flight. On-board was the largest crew ever launched—a seven-strong team, commanded by veteran shuttle flier Bob Crippen—which included the first U.S. woman to embark on a second spaceflight, the first […] More
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‘What Did You Guys Do?’ 30 Years Since Shuttle Mission 41G and America’s First Female Spacewalk (Part 1)
Thirty years ago, this week, on 5 October 1984, history was made when Shuttle Challenger rocketed into orbit on Mission 41G, an ambitious science and technology flight. On-board was the largest crew ever launched—a seven-strong team, commanded by veteran shuttle flier Bob Crippen—which included the first U.S. woman to embark on a second spaceflight, the […] More
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Fixing Solar Max: 30 Years Since Mission 41C (Part 2)
Thirty years ago today (6 April 1984), the shuttle launched on arguably its most ambitious mission to date: a mission which would demonstrate the reusable orbiter’s capabilities of rendezvous, retrieval, satellite repair, and spacewalking with the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) “jet backpack” in spectacular fashion and enhance NASA’s confidence in anticipation of future flights to […] More
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