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It was the final Space Shuttle crew with any "rookie" astronauts; all of the remaining missions would have all-veteran crews. [9] The launch was the last shuttle mission to take place at night. STS-131 was the third and last mission in the Space Shuttle program with three female astronauts. STS-40 and STS-96 were the first two. [10]
STS-116 was the final scheduled Space Shuttle launch from Pad 39B as NASA reconfigured it for Ares I launches. [5] The only remaining use of Pad 39B by the shuttle was as a reserve for the STS-400 Launch on Need mission to rescue the crew of STS-125, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, if their shuttle became damaged. [6]
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. [ 1 ]
NASA Plus, stylized as NASA+, is an on-demand streaming service by NASA. It launched on November 8, 2023. It launched on November 8, 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It runs educational content, [ 2 ] and is available on iOS , Android , web browsers on desktop computers, as well as media players such as Roku , Apple TV , and Fire TV . [ 3 ]
A launch status check, also known as a "go/no go poll" and several other terms, occurs at the beginning of an American spaceflight mission in which flight controllers monitoring various systems are queried for operation and readiness status before a launch can proceed. For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched at 3:35:34 am EST from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. STS-88 was the first shuttle flight to the International Space Station . After launch, the crew opened the shuttle's payload bay doors, deployed the Ku-Band antenna , and activated the shuttle's Hitchhiker payload.
STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall. The primary purpose of the mission was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).