All rooms on the spaceship are locked. Try to get inside to find the items necessary to survive and repair the station. ROBO FRIEND There is a highly intelligent robot assistant at the station. This rust bucket must be a little crazy, but he's the only one who can save you. ...
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Space shuttle flight rates and utilizationThis article presents four assessments prepared by a panel of US scientists and space authorities, on post-Challenger use of the Space Shuttle.doi:10.1016/0265-9646(87)90121-4NoneELSEVIERSpace Policy
In its nearly 30-year history, the space shuttle program has seen exhilarating highs and devastating lows. The fleet has taken astronauts on dozens of successful missions, resulting in immeasurable scientific gains. But this success has had a serious cost. In 1986, the Challenger exploded duri...
a single GPC operated the Space Shuttle without assistance. During critical phases, four primary computers performed 325,000 operations per second to execute flight navigation. Meanwhile, at the Shuttle Data Processing Complex in Texas, threeIBM System/370Model 168 computers provided flight support for...
space shuttle landingShuttle orbiterDiscoverymaking a landing on the runway at the John F. Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, January 27, 1985. 2 of 2 Soyuz TMA-20MThe Soyuz TMA-20M landing near Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan, carrying Expedition 48 crew members returning home after 17...
Space shuttle Endeavour, atop its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, takes off on NASA's last-ever ferry flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sept. 19, 2012. Endeavour is headed for Los Angeles, Calif., to be put on public display at the California Science Center. (Image credit: col...
International Space Station, 2000The International Space Station, imaged from the space shuttleEndeavouron December 9, 2000, after installation of a large solar array (long horizontal panels). Major elements of the partially completed station included (front to back) the American-built connecting node...