A Flight of Changes: 20 Years Since the Record-Setting Mission of STS-80 (Part 2)

By Ben Evans, on November 20th, 2016

Upon touchdown on 7 December 1996, Columbia and her STS-80 crew set an empirical record for the longest single mission of the Space Shuttle Program. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de

When the crew of STS-80—launched 20 years ago, this week—were assigned to their mission in January 1996, theirs was expected to be […]

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Three-Spacecraft Ballet: 20 Years Since the Record-Setting Mission of STS-80 (Part 1)

By Ben Evans, on November 19th, 2016

Columbia roars to orbit on 19 November 1996, 20 years ago, today. Photo Credit: NASA, via Joachim Becker/SpaceFacts.de

Twenty years ago, today, on 19 November 1996, the longest space shuttle mission in history got underway with the spectacular liftoff of Columbia from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. During […]

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