The Space Shuttle Pathfinder (unofficial Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-098) is a Space Shuttle test simulator made of steel and wood. Constructed by...
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Space Shuttle Enterprise (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system. Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it...
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The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) was the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer...
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Shuttle Independence. Space Shuttle Pathfinder Space Shuttle Inspiration "Space shuttle replica sets sail for Houston". CollectSpace.com. May 24, 2012. Retrieved...
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Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American...
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Lander NASA Pathfinder, a high-altitude, solar-powered uncrewed aircraft Space Shuttle Pathfinder, a Space Shuttle test simulator Pathfinder, a G.I. Joe:...
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Minnesota. Space Shuttle Independence, the full-scale mock-up made from blueprints, used as an exhibit at Space Center Houston Space Shuttle Pathfinder, a fit-test...
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The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued...
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Davidson Center for Space Exploration. The Space Shuttle Pathfinder, sometimes described as the first manufactured Space Shuttle Orbiter, was a mockup...
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retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing...
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under the refurbished Pathfinder orbiter simulator and has two Advanced Solid Rocket Booster casings to produce a complete Space Shuttle stack. 07/26/72 Contract...
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Rocket garden (category Space-related tourist attractions)
space launch vehicles. Engineering test articles (such as the Space Shuttle Pathfinder stack in Huntsville) or purpose-built full-scale replicas are also...
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Christa McAuliffe, in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L) on January 28, 1986. NASA replaced Teachers in Space in 1998 with the Educator...
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Schroeder Family Locations Huntsville, Alabama (U.S. Space & Rocket Center – Space Shuttle Pathfinder) Anniston (World's Largest Office Chair) Talladega...
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Mars Pathfinder is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the...
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Apollo DemoSat Battleship (rocketry) Rendezvous Docking Simulator Space Shuttle Pathfinder Orion Abort Test Booster NASA Mercury History Archived January...
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an alternate history depicting "what would have happened if the global space race had never ended" after the Soviet Union succeeds in the first crewed...
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relations". The emergence of the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, and a wide variety of advanced research in space sciences led to a resurgence...
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NASA (redirect from National Aeronautics and Space Agency)
Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial...
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Ken Mattingly (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
in the United States Navy, and astronaut who flew on Apollo 16 and Space Shuttle STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. Mattingly was scheduled to fly on the Apollo...
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America. Other Space Shuttle Issues Space Shuttle Airmail Issue of 1989 Challenger Issue of 1995 Space Shuttle Issue of 1998 Space Shuttle Program Issue...
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the U.S. space program, covering such events such as John Glenn’s 1998 return to space, the Mars Pathfinder mission and numerous space shuttle launches...
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Spacecraft naming (section Space Shuttle orbiters)
Formation & Evolution | Space.com "NASA Names First Rover to Explore the Surface of Mars". NASA. Retrieved November 29, 2010. Pathfinder Rover Gets Its Name...
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ILC Dover (section Space Shuttle)
on Space Shuttle missions and on the International Space Station. Other ILC Dover products include the airbag landing devices for Mars Pathfinder and...
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Mate-Demate Device (category Space Shuttle program)
1978 when the Space Shuttle Pathfinder was lifted for a fit-check. The first operational shuttle to use the KSC MDD was the Space Shuttle Columbia which...
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orbiter was ferried back to Florida on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. DDMS coordinates a U.S. Air Force C-141 "Pathfinder" aircraft to transport NASA personnel...
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(2011-04-28). "Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches Tomorrow With a Special Payload". Wired News. Retrieved 2 May 2011. Eaton, Kit (2011-04-29). "Space Shuttle Endeavour:...
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List of NASA missions (redirect from United States space exploration programs)
here. One Space Shuttle mission ended with the destruction of the vehicle and death of the entire crew before reaching orbit. The Shuttle-Mir missions...
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98 (number) (section In space travel)
systems testbed for the Space Shuttle program Pathfinder (OV-098), a Space Shuttle simulator built by NASA in 1977 STS-98, Space Shuttle Atlantis mission launched...
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used in James Cameron’s 2009 film Avatar Pathfinder (OV-201) - NERVA powered second-generation Space Shuttle orbiter from season 2 of TV series For All...
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