It doesn't seem out of place today, but the sight 30 years ago of a cylindrical module mounted inside the space shuttle's cargo bay was described as an "odd-appearing assemblage" in 1983. The unusual ...
A legacy of European-built and operated space modules, which began in Earth orbit and is now heading for the moon, got its start 40 years ago this week. From the first launch of Spacelab, a ...
Thirty years ago this week the first European-built Spacelab was launched on the Space Shuttle. ESA’s first astronaut, Ulf Merbold, flew on the mission, marking ESA’s entry into human spaceflight. On ...
Monkeys blazed America’s trail into space so humans could follow, and both will travel together for the first time Monday when the shuttle Challenger rockets skyward with the $1 billion European-built ...
On 29 November 1972, NASA Administrator James Fletcher abolished the Space Station Task Force formed in early 1969 by his predecessor, Thomas Paine, and formed the Sortie Lab Task Force. The "sortie ...
Analysis of data from a 1985 shuttle Spacelab mission revealed a mysterious X-ray “glow” around the core of the Milky Way galaxy and “revolutionized” knowledge about the sun’s atomic furnace, ...
CAPE CANAVERAL — Faced with a strict 8:30 p.m. curfew, the crew of the space shuttle Columbia scrambled to prepare equipment, draw blood and collect urine samples before bedtime on Wednesday after ...
After 30 years of service, NASA's fleet of three space shuttles is standing down for good. The final shuttle mission planned, the STS-135 launch of Atlantis, is scheduled for July 8. After that, the ...
It doesn't seem out of place today, but the sight 30 years ago of a cylindrical module mounted inside the space shuttle's cargo bay was described as an "odd-appearing assemblage" in 1983. The unusual ...
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