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29 Μαρ 2023 · The Solar Maximum Mission, or “SolarMax,” was lofted into space by a Delta rocket Feb. 14, 1980, embarking on a flight to study our sun during the peak of the solar cycle. The first launch of the space shuttle on April 12, 1981, became an iconic moment for NASA and for the nation.
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
28 Ιαν 2011 · The early history of Challenger is arguable the most complex of the six Shuttle orbiters (Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour) constructed by NASA in the 1970s,...
5 Μαΐ 2021 · As an indication of the level of activity underway, the site conducted the 1,000th hot fire of a space shuttle main engine in 1988. The center also led in testing that helped return the space shuttle to flight following the Challenger accident.
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]
3 ημέρες πριν · On Nov. 3, 1994, space shuttle Atlantis took to the skies on its 13 th trip into space. During the 11-day mission, the STS-66 crew of Commander Donald R. McMonagle, Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Payload Commander Ellen Ochoa, and Mission Specialists Joseph R. Tanner, Scott E. Parazynski, and French astronaut Jean-François Clervoy representing the European Space Agency (ESA) operated the third ...
28 Αυγ 2021 · A sweep of 1970s NASA images reveals treasures chronicling the early development of the Space Shuttle program, which required the agency’s centers and workforce to devise new approaches in testing a vehicle that functioned as part rocket, part cargo ship, part science lab, and part airplane.
