By Ben Evans, on May 19th, 2020
Jim Voss manipulates the Russian-built Strela (“Arrow”) cargo crane during STS-101. Photo Credit: NASA
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 […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 2nd, 2017
With the reprioritization of mission objectives, the around-the-clock Spacelab operations in the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) changed dramatically. The astronauts even worked by torchlight at times to maintain power levels below critical levels. Photo Credit: NASA
Twenty years ago, this week, Space Shuttle Columbia rocketed into orbit for what should have been an […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 1st, 2017
After the shortest operational flight in the Space Shuttle Program, Columbia touches down at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on 8 April 1997. Her STS-83 mission had lasted just a few minutes shy of four full days in space. Photo Credit: NASA
Eighty-four days. A mere 12 weeks on Earth, 84 […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 8th, 2015 The orange-colored Docking Module (DM) is clearly visible at the extreme end of the Kristall module in this view of Mir, as seen by the departing crew of STS-74. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de
For 15 years, Americans and Russians have lived together, on a continuous basis, aboard the International Space Station […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 7th, 2015 Becoming the first Canadian to operate the shuttle’s Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS), Chris Hadfield installs the Docking Module (DM) atop the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), ahead of the shuttle’s second docking mission to Mir, 20 years ago this month. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de
The second is rarely remembered in the […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 20th, 2013 Columbia roars into orbit for the 28th and final time on 16 January 2003. Photo Credit: NASA
“We’ve had a Go for Auto Sequence Start. Columbia’s on-board computers have primary control of all the vehicle’s critical functions … ”
More than two decades since her first flight, Columbia, the oldest orbiter in NASA’s […]
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