Space Shuttle Discovery | National Air and Space Museum
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 program | National Air and Space Museum
2022年11月3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. …
Space Shuttle Main Engine | National Air and Space Museum
This is the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME). Three SSME's plus two Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) power the reusable Space Shuttle. Each SSME produces 375,000 lbs of thrust or a …
Space Shuttle Discovery - National Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle Discovery on display in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
Sally Ride - National Air and Space Museum
On June 18, 1983, Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. Ride joined NASA in 1978, one of the first six women to be selected by NASA as astronauts. She was …
Training for the Shuttle: From the Personal Papers of Sally Ride …
2021年12月1日 · In the era of the Space Shuttle from the 1980s to the early 2010s, NASA astronauts would receive numerous information booklets and other written materials which …
How to Shower in Space - National Air and Space Museum
2017年7月18日 · Showering on the Shuttle and International Space Station On the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS), astronauts went back to the “old-fashioned” way of …
Remembering Challenger 25 Years Later - National Air and Space …
2011年1月28日 · 1986 was supposed to be a banner year for the United States in space—12 shuttle missions scheduled, the most to date, including launch of the Hubble Space …
Forty Years of Discovery | National Air and Space Museum
2024年8月30日 · Space Shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 9, 2011, just before noon, with the drag chute open to help slow the orbiter to a final …
Reflections on the Loss of STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia: …
2013年2月1日 · The space shuttle has been retired. The policy debate about how best to continue human spaceflight still rages. NASA is presently pursuing a program designed to foster private …