Space Shuttle program - National Air and Space Museum
2023年9月6日 · The Space Shuttle program ran from presidential approval in 1972 to its end in 2011. It was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the United States and NASA. The Space …
Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Discovery Discovery is an example of a Space Shuttle orbiter, a component of NASA’s Space Transportation System (STS). The STS consisted of a combination of a Space Shuttle orbiter, …
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | National Air and Space Museum
The Udvar-Hazy Center displays thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including the Space Shuttle Discovery and a Concorde, in two large hangars.
Kalpana Chawla: The First South Asian American Woman in Space
2023年2月1日 · Kalpana Chawla, PhD, was an engineer, pilot, and astronaut who spent more than 30 days in space over two Space Shuttle missions. Chawla was born in Karnal, India, and was …
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Become a Member When you give to the National Air and Space Museum, you support new exhibitions, engaging public programs, care of the collection, groundbreaking scientific and scholarly research, …
The Legacy of Space Shuttle Flight Software - NASASpaceFlight.com
2014年10月17日 · Quote With the computers in control of virtually all critical space shuttle functions, software changes were often considered as a solution to address risks and problems with the …
Remembering Columbia, Over Fifteen Years Later - National Air and …
2018年2月9日 · Over fifteen years after the Columbia tragedy, Michael D. Leinbach, Space Shuttle Launch Director, and Jonathan H. Ward, space historian, look back at the harrowing process of …
History of Space Shuttle Rendezvous - NASASpaceFlight.com
2011年12月22日 · History of Space Shuttle Rendezvous Space Shuttle Guidance, Navigation, and Rendezvous Knowledge Capture Reports JSC-66136 Revision 1 - October 2011 This document is a …
Challenger STS-6 – A Walk into History - NASASpaceFlight.com
2013年11月1日 · The sixth is the first launch of the second shuttle craft, Challenger, set for January 20, 1983. NASA wants to try Challenger out at the huge Edwards salt beds before limiting its landing …
Remembering the Challenger Seven - National Air and Space Museum
2016年1月28日 · When the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on STS-51L in 1986, seven astronauts lost their lives. These seven astronauts—including the specialties of pilot, aerospace …