By Ben Evans, on March 24th, 2019
The International Space Station (ISS), as it appeared in March 2009, as shuttle Discovery departed at the end of STS-119. The S-6 truss and its two sets of solar array wings are visible at the far right of frame. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de
Ten years ago, this month, the crew of […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 4th, 2017
John “Danny” Olivas is just barely visible at center-right, near the deploying Photovoltaic Radiator (PVR) on the S-3/S-4 truss during the first spacewalk of STS-117. Photo Credit: NASA
Ten years ago, this week, Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on what would turn out to be the longest mission of her storied career, lasting almost […]
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By Ben Evans, on June 3rd, 2017
Atlantis launches on her longest space mission on 8 June 2007. Photo Credit: NASA
Ten years have now passed since STS-117 literally changed the face of the International Space Station (ISS), delivering and activating a new set of power-producing solar arrays, batteries and radiators. Aboard shuttle Atlantis in June 2007 for what would […]
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By Ken Kremer, on August 23rd, 2014 Dream Chaser blazes to orbit and the ISS after separation from ULA Atlas V Rocket 2nd stage and liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)
With the pace of assembly accelerating for the first private Dream Chaser space plane, plans for its maiden blastoff on an “orbital […]
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