22 years ago today, the Challenger exploded just after launch. It was January 28, 1986. Yesterday, the 27th, was the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire. February 1st marks the anniversary of Columbia’s fatal re-entry. Sigh…
Category Archives: Shuttle
Yuri’s Night 2007
52 46 Years ago today, on April 12th 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space. Yea! 32 26 years ago, John Young and Robert Crippen flew the first Space Shuttle flight to orbit. Yea! [astonishingly inattentive … Continue reading
STS-51-L Challenger “Vehicle lost during launch” in 1986
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My iCal has a NASA history calendar with this terse entry for today: (1986) STS-51-L Challenger Launch – Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B (TDRS-B); SPARTAN-203 – Vehicle lost during launch “Vehicle lost during launch.” Yeah, 73 seconds after launch. That’s … Continue reading
Discovery’s STS-116 Mission Begins
First night launch in four years since the foam fiasco and the STS-107 Columbia disaster… Discovery’s STS-116 Mission Begins [Space.com] 9 December 2006, 9:10 p.m. EST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Discovery has reached orbit, and the seven STS-116 astronauts have … Continue reading
NASA Approves Shuttle Flight to Service Space Telescope
This is good news! Hubble Saved: NASA Approves Shuttle Flight to Service Space Telescope [Space.com] The decision is in and the Hubble Space Telescope is saved. NASA announced Tuesday that it will go ahead with one final space shuttle mission … Continue reading
links for 2006-10-25
White House Photo of the Day | TIME.com Time's White House photographers have a daily photoblog. (via kottke) (tags: politics whitehouse photography) » List of CSS Tools » Smashing Magazine | modern magazine for web-designers and developers More CSS resources … Continue reading
Liftoff!
STS-115 lifts off! Liftoff! Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on ISS Construction Mission Despite a beginning beleaguered by lightning, storms and a last minute glitches, NASA’s shuttle Atlantis rocketed spaceward Friday with six astronauts and the future of the International Space … Continue reading
STS-121 (Discovery) Lifts Off, Reaches Orbit
I was trepidatious after more foam problems, but NASA seems to have dodged this bullet. Shuttle Discovery Reaches Orbit NASA celebrated the Fourth of July with some rockets of its own Tuesday as the space shuttle Discovery launched its seven-astronaut … Continue reading
blivet – 3/3/2002
[SM3B] Servicing Mission 3B – Mission Updates Sunday | Mar. 3, 2002 – 10:53 am EST "The flight of STS-109/SM3B passed important milestones today with the successful rendezvous and grapple of the Hubble Space Telescope, and the retraction of both … Continue reading
blivet – Pebble? Snatch what pebble?
Sunday – I’m not sure what’s going on here. I flipped the page, but Sunday’s page (message 624) isn’t showing up. I’m down for the count. Monday will be here sooner than I suspect. Ugh. Sounds like Al has the … Continue reading
