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Atlantis Docked to Mir
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Atlantis Docked to Mir |
| Full Description |
This view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis still connected to Russia's Mir Space Station was photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995. Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y. Solovyev and Nikolai M. Budarin, Mir-19 Commander and Flight Engineer, respectively, temporarily undocked the Soyuz spacecraft from the cluster of Mir elements to perform a brief fly-around. They took pictures while the STS-71 crew, with Mir-18's three crew members aboard, undocked Atlantis for the completion of this leg of the joint activities. Solovyev and Budarin had been taxied to the Mir Space Station by the STS-71 ascent trip of Atlantis. |
| Date |
07/04/1995 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cosmonaut Polyakov Watches D
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Cosmonaut Polyakov Watches Discovery's Rendezvous With Mir |
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Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir space station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. |
| Date |
02/06/1995 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Technical Rendition of STS-7
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Technical Rendition of STS-71 Docked to Mir |
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Shown is a technical rendition of the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to the Kristall module of the Russian Mir Space Station. The configuration shown is that of STS-71/Mir Expedition 18, a joint U.S. Russian mission completed in June 1995. The Space Shuttle/Mir combination, which was the largest space platform ever assembled, is shown overflying the Lake Baikal region of Russia. The Space Shuttle Atlantis appears in a new configuration for the STS-71 flight. The Russian developed Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS) is used to link the Orbiter to the Kristall module. The APDS is mounted atop the U.S. developed external airlock that connects to a modified tunnel section leading to the Spacelab module in the far aft of the payload bay. Mir is shown in its 6 module configuration. The Kristall module has rotated to the forward docking port of the Mir Base Block to facilitate the docking of the Space Shuttle. The Priroda module is shown extending over the port wing of the Orbiter with its solar panel in the retracted position required by the dynamics of Orbiter/Mir docking. The Kvant 2 airlock module appears parallel to the Orbiter crew module, while the Spektr module is at the nadir and is hidden from view by the port solar panel of the Mir Base Block. The Kvant module is shown at the aft of the Mir Base Block with the solar panels of the Kristall module installed and fully extended. The Soyuz TM transport vehicle used for the launch and docking of the Mir Expedition 18 crew is docked to Kvant. |
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1993 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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AC94-0125-2
Artwork: Johnson Space Cente
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3/1/94
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Artwork: Johnson Space Center U.S./International Cooperation Phase II -- This is a representation illustrating the United States' international cooperation in space. Phase II of the International Space Station is depicted with elements provided by the United States and Russia comprising the Human Tended Space Station. The scene was produced by John Frassanito and Associates. (JSC ref: S94-30086) |
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3/1/94 |
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Protein Crystal Growth Sampl
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Protein Crystal Growth Samples Placed Aboard Mir Space Station |
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1996-03-24 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Michael Clifford places a liquid nitrogen Dewar containing frozen protein solutions aboard Russia's space station Mir during a visit by the Space Shuttle (STS-76). The protein samples were flash-frozen on Earth and will be allowed to thaw and crystallize in the microgravity environment on Mir Space Station. A later crew will return the Dewar to Earth for sample analysis. Dr. Alexander McPherson of the University of California at Riverside is the principal investigator. Photo credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center. |
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Protein Crystal Growth Sampl
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Protein Crystal Growth Samples Placed Aboard Mir Space Station |
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1996-09-20 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Tom Akers places a liquid nitrogen Dewar containing frozen protein solutions aboard Russia's space Station Mir during a visit by the Space Shuttle (STS-79). The protein samples were flash-frozen on Earth and will be allowed to thaw and crystallize in the microgravity environment on Mir Space Station. A later crew will return the Dewar to Earth for sample analysis. Dr. Alexander McPherson of the University of California at Riverside is the principal investigator. Photo credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center. |
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Chernobyl, Ukraine
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Chernobyl, Ukraine |
| Description |
Eighteen years ago, on April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear power accident occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the Ukrainian-Belarus border. Toxic radionuclides like Cs137 and Sr90 contaminated an area of 155,000 square kilometers in what is today Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed, sickened from radiation-induced illnesses, or resettled to uncontaminated land. Today, the immediate area remains off limits to humans. The plant was permanently closed in 2000. The surrounding agricultural land has been abandoned, and the two nearby towns (Pripyat to the north and Chernobyl to the south) where plant workers lived are largely ghost towns. Instead of people, abundant wildlife—packs of wolves, deer, and birds—roam and live near Chernobyl. This image, taken seven years ago from the Russian Mir spacecraft, shows Chernobyl and the surrounding countryside. The power plant is situated on the northwest end of a cooling pond on the Pripyat River, which flows into the Dnepr River just 80 miles north of Kiev. [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16519 ] The main features visible in the image are the massive concrete dams and levees that were constructed to contain elements of the power plant and prevent contaminated runoff from entering the local streams. The cooling water canals leading to the pond, and the levees in the middle of the pond that channeled the water circulation can also be seen. The darker green regions are forests and the light green areas are cleared land used for agriculture. Image NM23-745-116 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=NM23&roll=745&frame=116 ] was taken April 27, 1997, from the Russian Mir Space Station with a Hasselblad medium format camera equipped with a 250-mm lens and is provided by the Earth Observations Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The NASA-Mir program was the first phase of the International Space Station Program, [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ ] which now supports the Earth Observations Laboratory. The program trains astronauts to take pictures of Earth that are of value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Simushir Island, Kuril Archi
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Simushir Island, Kuril Archipelago |
| Description |
Simushir is a deserted, 5-mile-wide volcanic island in the Kuril Islands chain, half way between northern Japan and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. Four volcanoes—Milne [ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0900-161 ], Prevo [ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0900-19= ], Urataman [ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0900-191 ], and Zavaritski [ http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0900-18= ]—have built cones tall enough to rise above the green forest. The remaining remnant of Zavaritski Volcano is a caldera, formed when a volcano collapses into its emptied magma chamber. A small lake fills the innermost of three nested calderas that make up Zavaritski Caldera. The larger caldera of Urataman Volcano is connected to the sea. The islands and volcanoes of the Kuril chain are part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire," [ http://www.pbs.org/edens/kamchatka/ring.html ] marking the edge of the Pacific tectonic plate. Low stratus clouds approaching from the northwest (from the Sea of Okhotsk) bank against the northwest side of the island, forming complex cloud patterns. A small finger of cloud enters the northernmost caldera (Urataman) at sea level. When this image was taken, the cloud layer had stopped at the island's northwest coast, not flowing over even the low points between the volcanoes. The cloud pattern suggests that an air mass flowed up and over the island, descending on the southeast side. When air rises, it often cools, water vapor in the air condenses into cloud droplets. When air sinks, it often warms, causing cloud droplets to evaporate. It appears that in this situation, the descending motion of the air warmed the atmosphere enough so that a cloud-free zone formed on the southeastern, lee side, of the island. Astronaut photograph ISS015-E-26171 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS015&roll=E&frame=26171 ] was acquired on September 1, 2007, with a Kodak 760C digital camera using an 180 mm lens. The image was taken by the Expedition 15 [ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.html ] crew, and it is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Mir Dreams
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Mir Dreams |
| Explanation |
This dream-like image of Mir [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/mir/ ] was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/ShuttleNames.asp ] approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-76/ index.html ]. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir resembles a whimsical flying insect hovering about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's [ http://www.rasnz.org.nz/index.htm ] South Island and the city of Nelson [ http://webnz.com/nelsonarts/foundations.html ], near Cook Strait [ http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm ]. In late March 1996, Atlantis shuttled astronaut Shannon W. Lucid [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lucid.html ] to Mir for a five month visit, increasing Mir's occupancy from 2 to 3. It returned to pick Lucid up and drop off astronaut John Blaha [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/blaha.html ] during the STS-79 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-79/mission-sts-79.html ] in August of that year. Since becoming operational in 1986, Mir has [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/mir/mirvis.html ] been visited by over 100 spacefarers from the nations of planet Earth including, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Austria, Kazakhstan and Slovakia. After joint Shuttle-Mir [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/ ] training missions in support of the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html ], continuous occupation of Mir ended in August 1999. Mir is still in orbit and its operation is now being pursued by commercial interests [ http://www.mirstation.com/index.html ]. |
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A Supply Ship Approaches the
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A Supply Ship Approaches the Space Station |
| Explanation |
Looking out a window of the International Space Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060920.html ] brings breathtaking views. Visible vistas include a vast and colorful Earth, a deep dark sky, and an occasional spaceship sent to visit the station. Visible on September 20 of last year was a Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-9 ] carrying not only supplies but also three new astronauts. A few days before this picture [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/html/iss013e82934.html ] was taken, the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so8axV56ujY ] had just departed. The three new approaching astronauts were American Michael E. Lopez-Alegria [ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_interview_lopez-alegria.html ], Russian Mikhail Tyurin [ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_interview_tyurin.html ], and Iranian-American Anousheh Ansari [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari ]. Ms. Ansari visited the International Space Station (ISS) briefly as a paying spaceflight participant for the Federal Space Agency [ http://www.roscosmos.ru/index.asp?Lang=ENG ] of Russia, and wrote a popular blog [ http://spaceblog.xprize.org/ ] about her experiences. Lopez-Alegria would lead the ISS crew dubbed Expedition 14 [ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.html ], which included the flight engineer and Soyuz pilot Tyurin, flight engineer American Sunita Williams [ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_interview_williams.html ], and flight engineer German Thomas Reiter [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/reiter-t.html ]. Tyurin returned [ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html ] to the Earth with Lopez-Alegria this past week. |
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The Space Shuttle Docked wit
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The Space Shuttle Docked with Mir |
| Explanation |
Before there was the International Space Station [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020423.html ], the reigning orbiting spaceport was Russia's Mir. Pictured above [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001315.html ] in 1995, the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/atlantis.html ] docked with the segmented Mir [ http://www.cosmicimages.com/Mir/index.html ]. During shuttle mission STS-71 [ http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/shuttle/missions/sts-71/mission-sts-71.html ], astronauts answered questions from school students over amateur radio [ http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html ] and performed science experiments [ http://www.sciserv.org/isef/ ] aboard Spacelab [ http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/sts71/sts71.stm ]. The Spacelab experiments helped to increase understanding of the effects of long-duration space flights [ http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/news/expandnews.cfm?id=988 ] on the human body [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/ ]. Last year, after 15 years of successful service, the decaying Mir space station [ http://www.russianspaceweb.com/mir_close_calls.html ] broke up as it entered [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010323.html ] the Earth's atmosphere [ http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/atmosphere.html ]. |
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Mir is 10
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Mir is 10 |
| Explanation |
The first module of the Russian Space Agency's Mir Space Station [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/Welcome.html ] was launched into orbit 10 years ago (on February 20, 1986). Mir has since been substantially expanded [ http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/mir.html ] in orbit by adding additional modules including the Kvant Astrophysics Module [ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/kvant.html ](1987) and recently a docking module. NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950812.html ] was modified to allow it to dock with Mir in 1995 (STS-71, [ http://lib04.jsc.nasa.gov/sts-71/ ], STS 74 [ http://lib04.jsc.nasa.gov/sts-74/glance/ ]) beginning a series of Shuttle-Mir flights [ http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bdp/vsohp/mir-shuttle.html ] scheduled to continue through 1997. In this wide angle view - poised above planet Earth with sunlight glinting from solar panels - Mir and Atlantis are seen connected via the docking module from the perspective of the shuttle payload bay. The image is from an IMAX movie frame [ http://lib04.jsc.nasa.gov/sts-74/images/imax/ ] taken during the STS 74 mission. In late 1997, building on this jointly developed understanding and experience, the US and Russia will launch the first modules of the International Space Station [ http://issa-www.jsc.nasa.gov/ss/spacestation.html ]. |
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Atlantis Approaches Mir
| Title |
Atlantis Approaches Mir |
| Explanation |
Imagine flying though space and approaching the Mir space station [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/Welcome.html ]. The crew [ http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-76/crew/ ] of the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950812.html ] did just this in a mission that ended only two days ago. Mir, now 10 years old [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960310.html ], is equipped for scientific experiments [ http://shuttle-mir.nasa.gov/science/brochure/toc.html ] in astronomy, physics, materials, biology and chemistry. The top most module [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/progress.html ] on Mir [ http://shuttle-mir.nasa.gov/science/brochure/toc.html ] is an unmanned supply ship used to send food and supplies. The next module with the long boom [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/kvant.html ] carries telescopes and essential flight equipment and connects to the core module [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/mircore.html ] with living quarters and solar panels. To the left is the Spektr module [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/spektr.html ] carrying solar arrays and scientific equipment while on the right is a scientific module [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/kvant2.html ] that also carries an airlock. The docking module [ http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mir/dock.html ] seen at the bottom is the ultimate destination of Atlantis. The STS-76 mission [ http://lib04.jsc.nasa.gov/sts-76/glance/ ] left astronaut Shannon Lucid [ http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-76/crew/lucid.html ] for a planned five month stay. Four more shuttle flights [ http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bdp/vsohp/mir-shuttle.html ] are currently planned to Mir, keeping a NASA astronaut continuously in space until late 1997. In late 1997, building on this jointly developed understanding and experience, the US and Russia will launch the first modules of the International Space Station [ http://issa-www.jsc.nasa.gov/index.shtml ]. |
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Mir Dreams
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Mir Dreams |
| Explanation |
This dream [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/day.html ]-like image of Mir [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/tour.html ] was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/ShuttleNames.asp ] approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir resembles a whimsical flying insect hovering about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's [ http://www.rasnz.org.nz/index.htm ] South Island and the city of Nelson near Cook Strait [ http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm ]. In late March 1996, Atlantis shuttled astronaut Shannon W. Lucid [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lucid.html ] to Mir for a five month visit, increasing Mir's occupancy from 2 to 3. It returned to pick Lucid up and drop off astronaut John Blaha [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/blaha.html ] during the STS-79 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-79/mission-sts-79.html ] in August of that year. Since becoming operational in 1986, Mir has [ http://www.cosmicimages.com/Mir/index.html ] been visited by over 100 spacefarers from the nations of planet Earth including, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Austria, Kazakhstan and Slovakia. After joint Shuttle-Mir [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/ ] training missions in support of the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html ], continuous occupation of Mir ended in August 1999. The Mir was deorbited [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010323.html ] in March 2001. |
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SpaceShipOne Wins the X-Priz
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SpaceShipOne Wins the X-Prize |
| Explanation |
Human space flight has entered the domain of private companies. Previously, large countries like the US [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html ] and Russia [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html ] have hired privately owned civilian companies to do specific tasks in support of their public [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] human space flight [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ ] programs. Yesterday, however, the solely corporate SpaceShipOne [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030627.html ] soared 100 kilometers above the Earth for the second time in two weeks to claim the coveted $10 million dollar X-Prize [ http://www.xprize.org/ ] put forward by Ansari to inspire private space flight development. The X-prize was modeled after the Orteig prize [ http://www.charleslindbergh.com/plane/orteig.asp ] that was designed to inspire ocean-crossing airplane flights and won by Charles Lindbergh [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindberg ] in 1927. The impressive success [ http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04329_SpaceShipOne.html ] of SpaceShipOne [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040625.html ], designed by a team led by engineer Burt Rutan [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan ], could usher in a new age of inexpensive commercial space flights that includes space tourism [ http://aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov/HAS/cirr/em/8/5.cfm ] and an increased presence of humans in space. Scaled Composite's SpaceShipOne is pictured [ http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/gallery/flight_general?page=5 ] soaring high above the Earth in a practice run last December. |
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Mission commander James Weth
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Mission commander James Wetherbee on the forward flight deck |
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Seated at the commander's station on the Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck, astronaut James D. Wetherbee, commander was photographed by a crewmate during early phases of the STS-63 mission. A great deal of time was spent during the first few days of the mission to check a leaky thruster, which could have had a negative influence on the rendezvous operations with Russia's Mir space station. |
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02.03.1995 |
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STS-71 Mission Specialist Bo
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STS-71 Mission Specialist Bonnie J. Dunbar arrives at KSC |
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STS-71 Mission Specialist Bonnie J. Dunbar arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility from Johnson Space Center, Houston. Dunbar and the rest of the STS-71 flight crew are ready for the scheduled June 23 liftoff of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on an historic mission to complete the first U.S. docking with the Russian Space Station Mir. Two Russian cosmonauts on Atlantis will transfer to Mir, and the three crew members currently on Mir will return to Earth in the orbiter. Dunbar served as the backup to one of those crewmembers, U.S. astronaut Dr. Norm Thagard, and completed extensive cosmonaut training in Russia with Thagard. |
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06.20.1995 |
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STS-96 crew takes part in pa
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STS-96 crew takes part in payload Interface Verification Test |
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During a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) in the SPACEHAB Facility, STS-96 Mission Specialist Valery Tokarev of Russia (second from left) and Commander Kent Rominger learn about the Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU) in front of them from Lynn Ashby (far right), with Johnson Space Center. At the far left looking on is TTI interpreter Valentina Maydell. Other crew members at KSC for the IVT are Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, Tamara Jernigan, Dan Barry and Julie Payette. The SSU is part of the cargo on Mission STS-96, which carries the SPACEHAB Logistics Double Module, with equipment to further outfit the International Space Station service module and equipment that can be off-loaded from the early U.S. assembly flights. The SPACEHAB carries internal logistics and resupply cargo for station outfitting, plus an external Russian cargo crane to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment and used to perform space walking maintenance activities. The double module stowage provides capacity of up to 10,000 lbs. with the ability to accommodate powered payloads, four external rooftop stowage locations, four double-rack locations (two powered), up to 61 bulkhead-mounted middeck locker locations, and floor storage for large unique items and Soft Stowage. STS-96 is targeted to launch May 20 about 9:32 a.m. |
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02.11.1999 |
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STS-96 crew takes part in pa
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STS-96 crew takes part in payload Interface Verification Test |
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In the SPACEHAB Facility, (from left) STS-96 Mission Specialist Julie Payette, Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa learn about the Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU) in front of them from Lynn Ashby (far right), with Johnson Space Center. The STS-96 crew is at KSC for a payload Interface Verification Test (IVT) for their upcoming mission to the International Space Station . Other crew members at KSC for the IVT are Commander Kent Rominger and Mission Specialists Tamara Jernigan, Dan Barry and Valery Tokarev of Russia. The SSU is part of the cargo on Mission STS-96, which carries the SPACEHAB Logistics Double Module, with equipment to further outfit the International Space Station service module and equipment that can be off-loaded from the early U.S. assembly flights. The SPACEHAB carries internal logistics and resupply cargo for station outfitting, plus an external Russian cargo crane to be mounted to the exterior of the Russian station segment and used to perform space walking maintenance activities. The double module stowage provides capacity of up to 10,000 lbs. with the ability to accommodate powered payloads, four external rooftop stowage locations, four double-rack locations (two powered), up to 61 bulkhead-mounted middeck locker locations, and floor storage for large unique items and Soft Stowage. STS-96 is targeted to launch May 20 about 9:32 a.m. |
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02.11.1999 |
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