1993, thespace shuttle Endeavourferried a crew of seven to fix Hubble during five days of spacewalks. Two new cameras, including the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC-2), which later took many of Hubble's most famous photos, were installed during the fix. In December 1993, the...
Discover the highs, lows, and legacy of NASA's space shuttle program, from the first flight of Columbia to the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Google Share on Facebook spacecraft Thesaurus Medical Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to spacecraft:space shuttle space·craft (spās′krăft′) n.pl.spacecraft A vehicle designed to be launched into space. Also calledspaceship. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth ...
Tiangong-1 29SEP2011 Chinese Tiangong-1 space laboratory launches on a Long March 2F/G rocket. 2011 Science and Interplanetary Missions Juno 5AUG2011 Launched on a Atlas V 551 launch vehicle. Mission to orbit Jupiter. Grail Lunar Orbiters 10SEP2011 Launched on a Delta-2 rocket. Mission to...
NASA re-designed the SRB joints, implemented new rules regarding launches in cold weather, and built a new system for the crew to escape from the shuttle during ascent. Space Shuttle Liftoff The two orbital maneuvering systems' (OMS) engines are located in pods on the aft section ...
After more than 300 consecutive successful launches, a Falcon 9 suffered an in-flight anomaly last week, dooming its payload of Starlink satellites. Jeff Foust reports on the failure and its implications for a space industry that had become increasingly reliant on that vehicle.Monday, July 15, ...
NASA is poised to push back the launches of its first three 2007 Shuttle flights but still intends to stage five International Space Station (ISS) construction missions next year. The schedule slips - which were expected to be formally announced in November -would give the agency adequate time ...
The Boeing-built X-37B is processed for flight at KSC using refurbished NASA space shuttle processing facilities now dedicated to the reusable mini-shuttle, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV). It launches vertically like a satellite but lands horizontally like an airplane and functions...
Space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and to glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth’s surface. It was developed by NASA
Assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) began with the launches of the Russian control module Zarya on November 20, 1998, and the U.S.-built Unity connecting node the following month, which were linked in orbit by U.S. space shuttle astronauts. In mid-2000 the Russian-built modu...