What was the STS 1 mission?

What was the STS 1 mission?

STS-1 Mission Solid Rocket Boosters Jettisoned On April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen launched into space on space shuttle Columbia on the STS-1 mission — NASA’s first mission aboard a reusable spacecraft. STS-1 was NASA’s first manned mission since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

What’s the significance of the STS 118 mission?

The STS-118 mission delivered and assembled the starboard S5 truss segment of the International Space Station, as well as External Stowage Platform 3, (ESP-3) and a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope (CMG). The mission was also the final flight to include the Spacehab Logistics Single Module.

What song did Dragon crew wake up to?

Planet Caravan
The crew were awakened on the second day of the flight with Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan”. NASA began a tradition of playing music to astronauts during the Gemini program, and first used music to wake up a flight crew during Apollo 15.

Which astronaut was in the Columba when he lost communications with his crew?

George Diller
George Diller: On February first 2003 communication with Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew was lost. George Diller: They were 16 minutes from home…

What was the STS 135 mission?

STS-135 (ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. The flight of Raffaello marked the only time that Atlantis carried an MPLM.

What are spacecrafts used for?

A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo.

What did Dave Williams do on the STS-118?

His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks.

What was so important about Dave Williams mission?

Dafydd Rhys (Dave) Williams served as a Mission Specialist. Williams, in addition to performing experiments in space, was the first astronaut from outside the United States to be named official Crew Medical Officer, and the third Canadian Mission Specialist to have flown on a space shuttle mission.

What was the last STS mission?

July 8, 2011
Space Shuttle program/Last flight

STS-135 – the last flight of space shuttle Atlantis and the final space shuttle mission – launched on July 8, 2011, and landed later that month on July 21.

How many missions did Endeavour complete?

25 missions
Endeavour successfully completed 25 missions into space, including the first service mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as the first mission to add a U.S. component to the International Space Station.

What was the significance of the STS-1 launch?

It was the first American crewed space flight since the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project in 1975. STS-1 was also the only maiden test flight of a new American spacecraft to carry a crew, though it was preceded by atmospheric testing of the orbiter and ground testing of the Space Shuttle system.

How many mission spotlight reports are there?

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How many people were on the Columbia space mission?

Columbia carried a crew of two – mission commander John W. Young and pilot Robert L. Crippen. It was the first American crewed space flight since the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

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