Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue... 33 KB (3,241 words) - 22:21, 2 April 2024 |
Investigation Board report showed that the Space Transportation System (STS) was risky/unsafe, and due to the expense to make Shuttle safe, in 2004,... 68 KB (7,322 words) - 16:09, 13 April 2024 |
orbiter was damaged beyond the normal repair methods, NASA implemented a STS-3xx contingency mission program that could launch a rescue orbiter on short... 13 KB (1,278 words) - 19:47, 25 April 2024 |
landing on STS-41-B (the first mission to use the SLF runway), and runway approach footage filmed from a fixed-wing aircraft. Mission STS-41-C, the 11th... 7 KB (690 words) - 05:50, 24 April 2024 |
Shuttle Columbia disaster, after which NASA took steps to prepare the STS-3xx or Launch on Need missions to provide for rescue in certain scenarios.... 10 KB (783 words) - 13:37, 23 January 2024 |
for ferry flight to KSC Columbia January 30, 1984 (DFRC to Palmdale) for STS-17 modifications Enterprise April 2, 1984 (Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile... 41 KB (773 words) - 03:26, 14 March 2022 |
7 metres, higher than 2 metres 2 22, 2x 2xx Small to medium bus 3 33, 3x 3xx Passenger car with displacement larger than 2000cc, or exceeding length and... 26 KB (1,426 words) - 04:54, 8 April 2024 |