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20 years ago today: Discovery takes flight on STS-121, the first and only manned spacecraft launch on the Fourth of July
u/ToeSniffer245 — 1 day ago
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The President with a Model of the Space Shuttle in National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian on July 1, 1976
Museum Director Michael Collins Giving President Gerald R. Ford and Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller a Tour of the National Air and Space Museum on July 1, 1976.
u/Aeromarine_eng — 3 days ago
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Why was the Chandra observatory, the program’s heaviest payload, launched to orbit inside Columbia, the program’s heaviest orbiter?
reddit.comu/TinkyThePirate — 3 days ago
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Space Launch Complex 6 - Enterprise
Now, they have been dismantled, for use by another enterprise - SpaceX.
u/realmargesimpson — 4 days ago
1974, Soyuz 14 | The Secret Soviet Military Space Station Mission
During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a mission to what was officially called a scientific space station...
But there was a secret.
On This Day, July 3, 1974, Soyuz 14 carried cosmonauts Pavel Popovich and Yuri Artyukhin to Salyut 3, a space station that was actually part of the Soviet Union's secret Almaz military space program.
For 15 days, the crew conducted scientific experiments, Earth observation, and military reconnaissance in orbit, proving that humans could successfully live and work aboard a military space station.
The mission became a significant milestone in the Soviet space program and highlighted the intense competition of the Space Race.
u/sajiasanka — 3 days ago
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Shuttle-Mir video
Video from one of the Shuttle-Mir missions. Crew is singing Moscow Nights. Displays the sleeping quarter and Spacelab interior.
u/realmargesimpson — 5 days ago
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is this a good Shuttle?
This is my favorite Saturn Shuttle concept/version
Would this be actually possible? and how effective would it be?
This is from Truthful KSPs apollo mars video Apollo Mars | Kerbal Space Program Cinematic
u/GreatUsername76717 — 7 days ago
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Space Shuttle Vessel for Orbiter 2024
Excellent representation of the Shuttle computers and procedures (MPS propellant dump, programming burns etc), with most switches and pushbuttons modelled, and most OPS modes implemented to a high degree of realism. Good model of Shuttle. Abort modes are not implemented. All cockpits are of the 'glass' variant, and look very pretty.
I think checklists on Orbiterforum are a bit outdated, so best is to mix the NASA checklists + Orbiterforum ones.
u/realmargesimpson — 7 days ago
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Space shuttle tools
I recently bought a toolbox from Boeing plant 42, and inside were some tools that an employee there told me were used on the space shuttles. After some research I’m starting to believe him. I figured I’d post on here to see if anyone knows anything about this. On some of the tools it has etching done by the workers I assume. Some etching says “NAR” “Rockwell” “Dept 183” “AFAF” “188-113” “nose landing gear wheel ret. Nut” “main landing gear” and on a separate wrench that I didn’t include a picture of it has “station 13” etched on it. Any information is greatly appreciated, I tried to research some online but what I could find is very limited.
u/sloth760 — 8 days ago
First look at Endeavour’s new display in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. Looking incredible!
u/BrendanInJersey — 11 days ago
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Worm logo still visible on Endeavour’s wing
Spotted this on an instagram reel looking at Endeavour’s new display and I’ve never noticed the old worm logo visible before. Can’t find it in other pictures or in any of the other orbiters
u/JayL1990 — 11 days ago
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Engineering camera views from the STS-2 Columbia launch.
Footage credit: National Archives and Records Administiration (NARA)
ID: 255-FR-C172
u/ImageExact5491 — 11 days ago
Cockpit of Space Shuttle Endeavour, It contains over 2,000 switches, knobs, and screens used to control orbit, reentry and was widely recognized by NASA and aerospace engineers as the most complex flying machine ever built
u/Front-Coconut-8196 — 12 days ago
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Endeavour docked to the Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2) on International Space Station
Really love this image as reminder of what capabilities we lost. The Space Shuttle Endeavour, docked to the Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2) on the International Space Station, is featured in this photograph taken by a crewmember during the mission’s first planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) August 15, 2007.
u/Minimum_Special_8457 — 10 days ago
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OTD June 25th, 1992 …the launch of Columbia on STS-50. The 13-day mission was the first Extended Duration Orbiter flight and the longest shuttle mission to that date.
u/Brilliant_Night7643 — 10 days ago
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TIL NASA lost a $327 million spacecraft because two engineering teams used different measurement units.
I recently came across the story of NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter, and it genuinely surprised me.
A spacecraft worth $327 million was lost, not because of a software bug or hardware failure, but because one team used Imperial units while another expected Metric units.
A simple communication mismatch cost years of work.
It made me realize that some of the biggest failures don't come from complexity. They come from assumptions.
I wrote a deeper breakdown of this incident and what it teaches us about communication, documentation, and clarity on my Medium profile if you'd like to read more.
What's the biggest real-world mistake you've heard of that happened because of a simple misunderstanding?
u/anithaunfiltered — 7 days ago