The space shuttle era comes to a close with the landing of Atlantis this week. View this infographic and timeline of the history, interesting facts and stats of the shuttle program:
(Infographic by Jeff Neumann, The Denver Post)
(Source: The Denver Post)
The Denver Post’s Mike Keefe on the end of NASA’s space shuttle program.
Photos: Astronauts Make Last Spacewalk of NASA Shuttle Era
“A pair of astronauts ventured out on the last spacewalk of NASA’s space shuttle era Tuesday to retrieve a broken pump from the International Space Station and install a fill-er-up experiment for a robot…
…perhaps more than anything else on this final journey by a shuttle, the robotic demo illustrates the possibilities ahead for NASA: satellite-refueling stations in space run by robots.”
(Source: The Denver Post)
Photo Slideshow: For nearly 30 years, the shuttle program has launched critical missions, including the Hubble Space Telescope and international space station Alpha. In that time, two tragic events — the Challenger’s explosion during launch and the Columbia’s disintegration during re-entry — delayed the program. In honor of the last shuttle mission launching today, The Denver Post looks back at 30 years of spaceflight.
(Source: The Denver Post)
Photo Slideshow: Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA’s last space shuttle voyage, dodging bad weather and delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators on hand to witness the end of an era.
(Source: The Denver Post)
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