Some Late Changes: Remembering Discovery's Space Station Mission, 20 Years On

By Ben Evans, on August 10th, 2021

20 years ago today, shuttle Discovery flew to the @Space_Station, on a mission packed with science, spacewalking and supplies. […]

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'Easier to Destroy Than Create': 15 Years Since STS-105 (Part 2)

By Ben Evans, on August 28th, 2016

STS-105 Mission Specialist Dan Barry translates along the U.S. Destiny lab during one of the flight’s two EVAs. Photo Credit: NASA

Fifteen years have now passed since Shuttle Discovery dropped off and picked up crew members at the International Space Station (ISS) and supported a pair of Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) to transition the […]

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'To Train a Mission': 15 Years Since STS-105 (Part 1)

By Ben Evans, on August 27th, 2016

Fifteen years have now passed since STS-105 exchanged crews and supplies at the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: NASA

Fifteen years ago, this month, 10 astronauts and cosmonauts from the United States and Russia celebrated 1,000 days of orbital operations for the International Space Station (ISS). In August 2001, Shuttle Discovery’s STS-105 […]

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Doorway to the Future: 15 Years Since STS-104 (Part 2)

By Ben Evans, on July 10th, 2016

Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly departs the Quest airlock on 28 October 2015 to begin an EVA with crewmate Kjell Lindgren. Photo Credit: NASA

Fifteen years ago, this week, the crew of STS-104—Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Charlie Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Mike Gernhardt, Janet Kavandi, and Jim Reilly—rocketed into the pre-dawn darkness to […]

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