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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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‘A Clockwork Not of Earthly Pace’: Celebrating the New Year in Space (Part 1)
With a naval officer in command of the International Space Station (ISS), it might have seemed obvious that New Year’s Day 2001 would carry a corresponding nautical tradition. Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd of NASA and his Russian crewmates, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko, rang in the start of what would turn out to be […] More
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‘Collateral Damage Toll’: Celebrating Christmas Away from the Home Planet (Part 2)
As we observe the traditional date of Christ’s birth, spare a thought for the five men and one woman from a trio of sovereign nations, who are presently in orbit, 250 miles (400 km) above Earth, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough is presently joined by Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, […] More
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America’s ‘Destiny’: 15 Years Since the Launch of the US Lab (Part 2)
A decade and a half ago, yesterday, on 20 February 2001, the crew of Atlantis glided a textbook landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., wrapping up a 5.3-million-mile (8.5-million-km) mission to install the U.S. Destiny laboratory onto the International Space Station (ISS). As outlined in yesterday’s AmericaSpace history article, the STS-98 crew—Commander Ken Cockrell, […] More
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America’s ‘Destiny’: 15 Years Since the Launch of the US Lab (Part 1)
Fifteen years ago, today, on 20 February 2001, Space Shuttle Atlantis alighted on concrete Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., closing out the 13-day STS-98 mission and a remarkable chapter in the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). Aboard the orbiter, Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Mark “Roman” Polansky, and Mission Specialists Bob […] More
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in AmericaSpace, Space, Ben Evans, astronautFifteen Midnights: Celebrating the New Year in Space (Part 2)
In recent days, six pairs of eyes were glued to the windows of the International Space Station (ISS), straining to catch a first glimpse of fireworks around the world, as humanity bade farewell to 2015 and ushered in the New Year. As described in yesterday’s AmericaSpace history article, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and his […] More
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‘Good Luck to the Building’: 15 Years Since STS-97 Powered-Up the Space Station (Part 2)
For more than a decade, we grew used to the sight of shuttles approaching to dock at the International Space Station (ISS). With the exception of five missions, flown between December 1998 and October 2000, when the multi-national outpost was uninhabited, orbiters Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour docked on 31 occasions and their astronauts were welcomed […] More
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‘The First Shuttle Ever to Bounce’: 15 Years Since STS-97 Powered-Up the Space Station (Part 1)
Fifteen years ago, next week, power—in the form of two immense, electricity-generating solar arrays, together with associated batteries and radiators—arrived in spectacular fashion at the International Space Station (ISS). Launched on 30 November 2000, shuttle Endeavour and her STS-97 crew of Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Mike Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Joe Tanner, Carlos Noriega and […] More
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NASA Observes 15 Years of Unbroken Residency Aboard International Space Station
No crystal anniversary gifts were exchanged among the Expedition 45 crew—Commander Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, Oleg Kononenko and Sergei Volkov, NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Japan’s Kimiya Yui—today (Monday, 2 November), even though their orbital home, the International Space Station (ISS) passed 15 years since the arrival of its first long-duration crew. Instead, […] More
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‘We Can Do This’: 15 Years Since Expedition 1 Opened the Doors to the International Space Station (Part 2)
Fifteen years ago, tomorrow, the first team of astronauts and cosmonauts arrived at the infant International Space Station (ISS) to begin a new era; one which would see no fewer than 220 humans from 17 sovereign nations living and working in low-Earth orbit on a continuous, unbroken basis. In so doing, they would provide our […] More
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‘Let’s Go Get This Done’: 15 Years Since Expedition 1 Opened the Doors to the International Space Station (Part 1)
At 4:21 a.m. EDT on Monday, 2 November, the International Space Station (ISS)—which has, to date, provided an off-the-planet homestead for no fewer than 220 humans from 17 sovereign nations—will pass its 15th year of continuous occupation, extending back to the historic arrival of Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd of NASA and his Russian crewmates, […] More
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‘Fifteen Midnights’: Celebrating the New Year in Space (Part 1)
With a naval officer in command of the International Space Station, it might have seemed obvious that New Year’s Day 2001 would carry a corresponding nautical tradition. Astronaut Bill Shepherd and his Russian crewmates, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko, rang in the start of what would turn out to be one of the United States’ […] More
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