Space Shuttle Discovery

Columbia Challenger Discovery Atlantis

2011 28: MISSIONS June STS-135 mission Atlantis

Endeavor

PAST SHUTTLE MISSIONS April 12, 1981 Columbia launches the first space shuttle mission

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April 18: STS-134 mission Endeavor

Feb. 24: STS-133 mission Discovery

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DISCOVERY’S FINAL FLIGHT 2006 Graphic by Cindy Jones-Hulfachor/Sun Sentinel/MCT

STS-133 MISSION

Oct. 16, module in cargo area of Discovery

Discovery’s last mission will deliver a Permanent Multipurpose Module that will be used for storage and space to conduct experiments such as fluid physics and biology.

ROBONAUT 2 IN SPACE The shuttle will carry a permanent resident, a robotic astronaut, to the International Space Station. Its initial task is to see how well it operates in space in the absence of gravity gravity..

HOW IT WORKS

Sensors in a person’s head gear and gloves transmit movements to the robot.

First launch of Challenger

Columbia and seven crew members are killed about 16 minutes before landing.

Real Real person person on on Earth Earth

Robot in space

April 4, 1983

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The robonaut’s sensors respond to the person’s movements.

June 18, 1983 Challenger mission takes Sally Ride, the first American woman into space.

The 2003 2003 robot’s grasping fingers can control fine tools, and tools even even enter text on hand-held devices.

Four cameras lie inside the visor. An infrared camera for depth perception.

Aug. 30, 1984 First launch of Discovery

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1985

A backpack will allow it to plug into the power supply on the space station.

Oct. 3, 1985 First launch of Atlantis

Nov. 2, 2000

The first crew of Americans and Russians take up residence in the ISS, for several months.

Jan. 28, 1986 Challenger and 7 crew members are killed about 73 seconds after liftoff.

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April 5, 2010 Space Shuttle Discovery launch 1999 DISCOVERY’S 1999 ACHIEVEMENTS

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Flown 39 missions, orbiting the Earth 5,628 times Traveled veled almost 143 million ■ Tra miles and spent 352 days in space ■ Docked 12 times with International Space Station, once with Russian Mir space 1998 1998 station ■ Brought the first satellite back from space ■ Carried 256 crew members including: First female to pilot a spacecraft Oldest person to fly in space First Cosmonaut to fly in a shuttle ■

Feb. 1, 2011, Space Shuttle Discovery is rolled out to launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Oct. 18, 1989

Atlantis launches Galileo to study Jupiter. It disintegrated in 2003 in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

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First launch of Endeavor

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Sergei Krikalev is the first Russian cosmonaut to fly on the space shuttle.

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