Space Shuttle

الأحداث (17)

• 1972

  1/5 — United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.

• 1976

  9/17 — The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.

• 1979

  3/25 — The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

• 1981

  4/12 — The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.

• 1981

  4/14 — STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.

• 1981

  11/12 — برنامج مكوك الفضاء: يُعتبر مهمة STS-2، باستخدام مكوك الفضاء كولومبيا، أول مرة يتم فيها إطلاق مركبة فضائية مدروسة إلى الفضاء مرتين.

• 1983

  4/7 — During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

• 1984

  8/30 — STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

• 1984

  10/5 — Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

• 1988

  5/4 — The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.

• 1988

  9/29 — Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

• 1992

  5/7 — The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.

• 1996

  1/11 — برنامج مكوك الفضاء: إطلاق STS-72 من مركز كينيدي للفضاء، مما يحدد بداية المهمة الفضائية 74 ومغامرة Endeavour الـ10.

• 2000

  10/11 — أطلقت وكالة ناسا مهمة STS-92، وهي المهمة الـ100 لمركبة الفضاء، باستخدام مكوك الفضاء ديسكفري.

• 2005

  7/27 — After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.

• 2011

  5/16 — STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.

• 2011

  7/8 — Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.