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- BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1988: Shuttle blasts US back into space
The space shuttle, Discovery, lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 1637 BST after a 90-minute delay due to unsuitable weather conditions Half a million people in the streets around the Kennedy Space Center watched the take-off, which Nasa said went without a hitch
- BBC ON THIS DAY | 9 | 1995: Space pioneers take first small steps
Michael Foale has become the first British-born American to walk in space Dr Foale - originally from Lincolnshire - and Dr Bernard Harris, the first black astronaut, stepped out into the open cargo bay of Nasa's space shuttle Discovery at 1210 GMT They were testing a modified space suit and astronaut endurance With his parents and American wife Mary watching by satellite link in a London TV
- BBC ON THIS DAY | 24 | 1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space
The American space agency Nasa has successfully launched the space shuttle Discovery from Cape Canaveral in Florida on its historic mission to carry the Hubble space telescope into orbit 380 miles (611 5 km) above the Earth The telescope will operate from high above the atmosphere, thus avoiding the interference which limits ground-based telescopes It will be able to see up to the edge of
- Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth - BBC News
The shuttle Discovery has landed back on Earth after a two-week mission to the International Space Station (ISS) The orbiter touched down on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center at 0908 local time (1308 GMT) Discovery had been held in space earlier in the day by stubborn fog and showers in the Kennedy area, but was eventually given the "go" to descend The orbiter has restocked the station
- BBC NEWS | Science Nature | Astronauts finish long spacewalk
Discovery astronauts are back inside the space shuttle after completing the mission's first spacewalk
- Space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Florida - BBC News
The space shuttle Discovery has blasted off on its mission to the International Space Station (ISS) The shuttle, on one of the final missions before the programme is shut down at the end of 2010, is hauling equipment and supplies to the station The astronauts are due to carry out three spacewalks
- BBC NEWS | Special Report | ISS | Shuttle makes night landing
Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery have made a rare night-time landing on a floodlit runway after completing their mission to the International Space Station
- Calculating Space Shuttle Velocity: Astronaut Melroys Historic Flight
Homework Statement Problem Statement: Astronaut Pam Melroy, history's 3rd woman space shuttle pilot, flew the space shuttle discovery to the International Space Station to complete construction in October of 2000 To undock from the space station, Pilot Melroy released goooks holding the 2
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