May 20: The crew of Shuttle Atlantis hold a news conference on the flight deck. Front from left, Gregory Johnson, Scott Altman and Megan McArthur. Rear from left, Andrew Feustel, John Grunsfeld, ...
On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big upgrades that were made to the space shuttle before the mission STS-101. NASA ...
STS-116 commander Mark Polansky,pilot Bill Oefelein, NASA mission specialists Robert Curbeam, Nicholas Patrick, Joan Higginbotham, and Swedish astronautChrister Fuglesang haveexited shuttle Discovery, ...
July 31: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour's seven member crew are returning from a mission to the International Space Station. July 28: Space ...