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Skylab Paved Way for International Space Station | NASA  The International Space Station has been in operation with research ongoing since Nov. 2, 2000. ... Skylab 4 originally was planned for a mission of about the same length. ... After a first orbit rendezvous, Gemini XI is docked with its Agena. ... "Essentially, we'll have to launch the Gemini space vehicle on an on-time basis.
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WHAT GOES UP - NASA History Homepage  [361] Before undocking from Skylab, Gerald Carr had fired Apollo's ... oriented the cluster in a gravity-gradient-stabilized attitude with the docking adapter ... and some time around March 1983 it would burn up in the dense atmosphere. ... and funding requirements for a Shuttle mission to boost Skylab into a higher orbit.
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The Early Satellites | NASA  Apr 2, 2004 ... Satellites have undergone a major evolution since those ... In 1964, microwave radars for tracking satellites had a range accuracy up to ... By the time Beacon Explorer C launched in April 1965, the laser ... 03_ozone_loss_1979_2003.gif .... The 135-foot rigidized balloon satellite was sent into orbit as a...
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JEOPARDY! Game - March 17, 2004  $200 - Steve. (2) In 1971 this singer & talk show host came out with her first cookbook, "Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah" .... (6) NASA had planned to have a shuttle dock with this in 1979 & push it up into a higher orbit, but ran out of time.
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Historical Timeline | NASA  John Glenn returns to orbit on mission STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery. .... But, when Apollo astronauts lift off from the moon, the lunar module was set to ... "Essentially, we'll have to launch the Gemini space vehicle on an on-time basis. ... However, Gordon soon ran into problems similar to those encountered by...
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CNN - Remote-controlled docking is a space first - July 7, 1998  Jul 7, 1998 ... Satellite love ... the legendary meeting between a princess, Orihime, and her lover, ... Sunday 1:30pm - 2:00pm ET (10:30am - 11:00am PT)
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U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station - Jun 29, 1995 ...  On this day in 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. ... Combined, Atlantis and the 123-ton Mir formed the largest spacecraft ever in orbit. ... had linked up in space; the first was in June 1975, when an American Apollo...
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Why the Soviet space shuttle was left to rot | Popular Science  Jun 16, 2015 ... This is why the program never took off. ... Mated to the booster was the Buran space shuttle orbiter, ready for its ... Formally called the Reusable Space System, this new spacecraft could, like its American counterpart, fly missions ... Footage of NASA's first space shuttle launch in 1981, for comparison's sake.
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STS-41C - Johnson Space Center - NASA  MARCH 1984 ... The NASA insignia design for space shuttle flights is reserved for use by the ... with a wobbling solar flare-studying satellite called Solar Maximum Mission. ... will snap himself into one of the Manned Maneuvering Units. .... Johnson Space Center, Houston, will be available during the mission at the Kennedy.
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This Week @ NASA, August 12, 2016 | NASA  Aug 12, 2016 ... 11 close flyby is the next opportunity for a rocket motor burn designed to ... Together with the FAA, NASA will use data from this test to refine ... and developing technology to help us stay on the Red Planet for an extended time. ...... Forty years ago, on July 20, 1976, Viking 1 became the first U.S. spacecraft to...
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Columbia: First Shuttle in Space - Space.com  Jan 16, 2013 ... Columbia was the first space shuttle to reach orbit, in 1981. ... Space shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-107, January 16, 2003. ... options, and in subsequent years NASA began awarding design contracts for shuttle ideas. ... The first operational flight for Columbia was STS-5 in November 1982.
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August 8, 1986 - Johnson Space Center - NASA  Aug 8, 1986 ... Included in that review are the for the last phases of the station ... million, the one-year contract will agement and work ... The search for wreckage of the forward ... spacecraft from the Space Shuttle .... flying debris remains a possibility; ... loss could be found. ..... Mohwinkel, 488- immac, cond., $13,000 OBO.
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May 11, 1980 - Chicago's own starshsip | Chicago Tribune Archive  May 11, 1980 ... Thanks to Max Adler, Chicago had a spaceship long before the world ... of astronomy was the gift of a man who had little interest in the subject. ... Chicago should have its own planetarium, which would be the first in .... An under. ground addition was built that runs 280 feet west of the original structure, be-...
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40 Years Ago, Skylab Paved Way for International Space Station  Prior to launch in May 1973, the Skylab space station, foreground, awaits liftoff atop a ... The longest American spaceflight at that point was the 14-day mission of Gemini 7 ... Skylab 2 would double that record and show that the astronauts adapted well. ..... After a first orbit rendezvous, Gemini XI is docked with its Agena.
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Mir Space Station - NASA History Homepage  A system of state-owned collective farms replaced the mir after the Russian .... launcher boosted Mir's Base Block (core module) into orbit on February 20, 1986. This module resembled the existing Salyut-7 space station, but Mir's design called...
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Salyut 7 - Wikipedia  Salyut 7 (aka DOS-6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first manned in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited ... It had two docking ports, one on either end of the station, to allow docking with ... All Soviet and Russian space stations were equipped with automatic...
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June 29, 1995 : US space shuttle docks with ... - History (history.com)  On this day in 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. ... Combined, Atlantis and the 123-ton Mir formed the largest spacecraft ever in orbit. ... ships from two countries had linked up in space; the first was in June 1975,...
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Gemini Water Egress Training | NASA  Jun 21, 2011 ... 14, 1966 - View From Gemini XI, 850 Miles Above the Earth ... Charles "Pete" Conrad climbs from Gemini XI minutes after splashdown. ... Guam picked up Conrad and Dick Gordon, taking the astronauts to the recovery ship. .... He later was selected to command the first space shuttle mission in 1981 and the...
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Columbia's Final Liftoff | NASA  Jan 16, 2003 ... Following a flawless and uneventful countdown, liftoff occurred at 10:39 a.m. EST. ... Husband-Thompson added that these educational opportunities for .... of as the "shuttle," would launch like a rocket and land like a plane.
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Space Shuttle retirement - Wikipedia  The retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery .... The report noted a scoring error, which if corrected would have placed the ... In December 2010, as NASA prepared for the STS program ending, an audit by the NASA ... It is currently a museum piece at the Johnson Space Center.
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NASA and Project Mercury - Scott Carpenter  The new space agency had, however, inherited its core mission, ethos and staff from the ... The Project Mercury astronauts were chosen after a five-phase, three-month .... At 7:43 a.m. on May 24, 1962, Carpenter became only the second human to ride .... that he could expect forces to pick him up an hour after splashdown.