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The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982. They were used on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST); conducted science experiments in orbit; and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station. The Shuttle fleet's total mission time was 1322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds.
Shuttle components included the Orbiter Vehicle (OV), a pair of recoverable solid rocket boosters (SRBs), and the expendable external tank (ET) containing liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The Shuttle was launched vertically, like a conventional rocket, with the two SRBs operating in parallel with the OV's three main engines, which were fueled from the ET. The SRBs were jettisoned before the vehicle reached orbit, and the ET was jettisoned just before orbit insertion, which used the orbiter's two Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) engines. At the conclusion of the mission, the orbiter fired its OMS to de-orbit and re-enter the atmosphere. The orbiter then glided as a spaceplane to a runway landing, usually at the Shuttle Landing Facility of KSC or Rogers Dry Lake in Edwards Air Force Base, California. After landing at Edwards, the orbiter was flown back to the KSC on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a specially modified Boeing 747.
A space station, also known as an orbital station or an orbital space station, is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew, which is designed to remain in space (most commonly as an artificial satellite in low Earth orbit) for an extended period of time and for other spacecraft to dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by lack of major propulsion or landing systems. Instead, other vehicles transport people and cargo to and from the station. As of September 2014 two space stations are in orbit: the International Space Station, which is permanently manned, and China's Tiangong-1 (which successfully launched on September 29, 2011), which is unmanned most of the time. Previous stations include the Almaz and Salyut series, Skylab and most recently Mir.
Today's space stations are research platforms, used to study the effects of long-term space flight on the human body as well as to provide platforms for greater number and length of scientific studies than available on other space vehicles. Each crew member staying aboard the station for weeks or months, but rarely more than a year. Most of the time crew remain at station but its not necessary that crew should have to be stay at station. Since the ill-fated flight of Soyuz 11 to Salyut 1, all manned spaceflight duration records have been set aboard space stations. The duration record for a single spaceflight is 437.7 days, set by Valeriy Polyakov aboard Mir from 1994 to 1995. As of 2013, three astronauts have completed single missions of over a year, all aboard Mir.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component launched into orbit in 1998, and the ISS is now the largest artificial body in orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised modules, external trusses, solar arrays, and other components. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets as well as American Space Shuttles.
The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other fields. The station is suited for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for missions to the Moon and Mars. The ISS maintains an orbit with an altitude of between 330 and 435 km (205 and 270 mi) by means of reboost manoeuvres using the engines of the Zvezda module or visiting spacecraft. It completes 15.54 orbits per day.
Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe. However, disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework.
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American module, the Unity node, to the station.
The seven-day mission was highlighted by the mating of the U.S.-built Unity node to the Functional Cargo Block (Zarya module) already in orbit, and three spacewalks to connect power and data transmission cables between the Node and the FCB. Zarya, built by Boeing and the Russian Space Agency, was launched on a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in November 1998.
Other payloads on the STS-88 mission included the IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC), the Argentine Scientific Applications Satellite-S (SAC-A), the MightySat 1 Hitchhiker payload, the Space Experiment Module (SEM-07) and Getaway Special G-093 sponsored by the University of Michigan.
Node 1, named Unity, was the first space station hardware delivered by the space shuttle. It has two Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMA), one attached to either end. One PMA is permanently mated to Zarya, and the other is used for orbiter dockings and crew access to the station. Unity also contains an International Standard Payload Rack used to support on-orbit activities, which was activated after the fifth Shuttle/Station assembly flight.
Space Shuttle flight 93 (STS-88), narrated by the astronauts. Launched on 4 December 1998, the crew was Robert D. Cabana, Frederick W. Sturckow, Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman, Sergei K. Krikalev. Vehicle: Endeavour. Mission: First Shuttle ISS assembly flight; 3 EVAs
The Space Shuttle launches from T-9 to Meco series. or there abouts. I was able to get random recordings of the STS from when the satellite feed came up from the US. So we get the full unedited count before T-9, in most cases. Endeavours first launch to the ISS Sit back and treat it as live. When server based systems came in, getting anything onto a tape became a nightmare, so all those ,line feed files got dumped. What a waste. Here is my final Launch set from my archive. 8 in all, from 1995 to 2000.
Subscribe for daily news & facts! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=strangenewsfacts STS-88 mission: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-88.html NASA photos: Picture 65_3: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/STS088/STS088-724-65_3.JPG Picture 66_3: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/STS088/STS088-724-66_3.JPG Picture 67_3: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/STS088/STS088-724-67_3.JPG Picture 68_3: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/STS088/STS088-724-68_3.JPG Picture 69_3: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/STS088/STS088-724-69_3.JPG Picture 70_3: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/highres/STS088/STS088-724-70_3.JPG Your Daily weird news facts from all over...
STS-88, the first International Space Station assembly mission. December 4, 1998.
more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/space_station_news.html http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/space_shuttle_news.html 'STS-88 POST FLIGHT PRESENTATION JSC1775 - (1998) 34 1/4 Minutes - Commander: Robert D. Cabana Pilot: Frederick W. Sturckow Mission Specialists: Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman, Sergei K. Krikalev Dates: December 4-15, 1998 Vehicle: Endeavour OV-105 Payloads: Unity Connecting Module, IMAX Cargo Bay Camera, SAC-A, MightySat 1, SEM-07 and GAS (one experiment) Landing Site: Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, FL' NASA film JSC-1775, SILENT Public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. Split with MKVmerge GUI (part of MKVToolNix), the s...
more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/space_station_news.html http://scitech.quickfound.net/astro/space_shuttle_news.html 'STS-88 POST FLIGHT PRESENTATION JSC1775 - (1998) 34 1/4 Minutes - Commander: Robert D. Cabana Pilot: Frederick W. Sturckow Mission Specialists: Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman, Sergei K. Krikalev Dates: December 4-15, 1998 Vehicle: Endeavour OV-105 Payloads: Unity Connecting Module, IMAX Cargo Bay Camera, SAC-A, MightySat 1, SEM-07 and GAS (one experiment) Landing Site: Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, FL' NASA film JSC-1775, SILENT Public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. Split with MKVmerge GUI (part of MKVToolNix), the s...
From December 11th, 1998 NASA Footage of the 93rd Space Shuttle Launch Launched at 3:35 A.M E.T - 1st mission to the International Space Station STS-88 Crew: Commander:Robert D. Cabana Pilot:Frederick W. Sturckow Mission Specialist 1:Jerry L. Ross Mission Specialist 2:Nancy J. Currie Mission Specialist 3:James H. Newman Mission Specialist 4:Sergei K. Krikalev, RKA
NASA ANNIVERSARY: STS-88, First ISS Assembly Flight -- December 4, 1998. And five years later, on December 4, 1998, Endeavour began another mission, this time as the first shuttle assembly flight to the International Space Station. STS-88 delivered to the station the first American module, "Unity," which was mated to "Zarya," the Russian Functional Cargo Block module launched to orbit one month earlier. The crew completed three spacewalks to connect power and data cables between the modules.
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Here is the best footage ever taken of the 'Black Knight' satellite. It is classified, top secret footage taken by NASA STS-88 astronauts onboard space shuttle Endeavour in 1998. 'The Black Knight' is claimed by some conspiracy theorists to be an object approximately 13,000 years old of extraterrestrial origin orbiting Earth. The truth remains unknown.
STS-88 launch scrub at T-19 seconds on December 3, 1998, after the launch team was unable to wrap up discussions on hydralic system issue prior to the end of the launch window.
Space Shuttle Endeavour launched as mission STS-88 to rendezvous with the International Space Station on December 4, 1998, from Cape Kennedy. I took the video from the "friends and family" viewing area on the Banana River 3.5 miles east of the launch pad with my Sony TRV-7 digital video camera. This video lasts 4 minutes, and covers T-60 seconds through T+3 minutes.
ORBITER 2010 MOVIE - STS-88 - The First Mission to the International Space Station. ----------------------------------------------------- ABOUT MISSION: Mission: First International Space Station Flight Space Shuttle: Endeavour Launch Pad: 39A Launched: December 4, 1998, 3:35:34.075 a.m. EST Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: December 15, 1998, 10:53:29 p.m. EST Runway: 15 Rollout Distance: 8,343 feet Rollout Time: 44 seconds Revolution: 186 Mission Duration: 11 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes Orbit Altitude: 173 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 51.6 degrees Miles Traveled: 4.7 million STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American module, the Unity node, to the sta...
STS-88 commander and present director of Kennedy Space Center, Bob Cabana describes Endeavour's historic mission to join the first two modules of the International Space Station in December 1998. Also featuring Jerry Ross and Julie Payette with commentary.
The accidental release of the trunion pin thermal cover
My first attempt at realistically building the International Space Station in Kerbal Space Program didn't go so well, so here's the second attempt! Thanks to SQUAD for making this marvelous game, which you can get at http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com. Also thanks to all the other KSP players on YouTube and Twitch who gave me the inspiration to do these videos in the first place.
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