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The most common emergencies were dental. For 100 British Polaris submarine missions, crew members required 30 fillings and 7 teeth extractions in total. [10] Dental problems have been the cause for a transfer at sea in the U.S. Polaris submarine program. [11] Extractions and fillings have also been required for missions in Antarctica. [12]
U.S. Space Shuttle missions were capable of carrying more humans and cargo than the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, resulting in more U.S. short-term human visits until the Space Shuttle program was discontinued in 2011. Between 2011 and 2020, Soyuz was the sole means of human transport to the ISS, delivering mostly long-term crew.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to find a new docking port for a SpaceX Dragon in order to make way for an uncrewed NASA vehicle on a resupply mission.. The Dragon ...
Also installed during STS-134 was the 15 m (50 ft) Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), which had been used to inspect heat shield tiles on Space Shuttle missions and which can be used on the station to increase the reach of the MSS. [149] Staff on Earth or the ISS can operate the MSS components using remote control, performing work outside the ...
The capsule’s hatch opened at about 7:04 p.m. ET, allowing Hague and Gorbunov to enter the space station. A welcome ceremony with Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, Wilmore and the other seven crew ...
For NASA, specific provisions and requirements for medical services during space missions are outlined in NPD 8900.5B NASA Health and Medical Policy for Human Space Exploration, NPD 8900.1G Medical Operations Responsibilities in Support of Human Space Flight Programs and NASA-STD-3001 NASA Spaceflight Human Systems Standard - Volume 1, Crew Health.
The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) has been under way since the 1990s. Zarya, the first ISS module, was launched by a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998. The STS-88 Space Shuttle mission followed two weeks after Zarya was launched, bringing Unity, the first of three node modules, and connecting it to Zarya.
NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing’s troubled new crew capsule. The space agency said Tuesday it’s bumping SpaceX’s ...