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Back to Search138 - STS-64 - Ghostbusters and Angry Russians (LITE, SPARTAN, SAFER)
Space Shuttle Discovery is all loaded up with a grab bag of shuttle program favorites. Rendezvous, tech demonstrations, even an untethered EVA! Just …
5 years ago
137 - STS-65 - The Flight of IML-Man (IML-2)
Space Shuttle Columbia is flying for the 17th time, carrying the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 payload. With fish, newts, and bubbles, it s…
5 years ago
136 - STS-59 - Vaya con Dios (SRL-1)
We've got a giant radar in the payload bay, bubbles in the water, and we're ready to learn about somebody's favorite type of lizard. It's time for ST…
5 years, 1 month ago
135 - STS-62 - Two for One Special (USMP-2)
Space Shuttle Columbia has been packed full of so many experiments you might think there are two different payloads back there.. and you'd be right! …
5 years, 1 month ago
STS-60 - A New Partnership (WSF, SPACEHAB, Shuttle-Mir)
Look out! There's a Russian on the space shuttle! Oh, we invited him? Well alright then. On STS-60 we're going to push some atoms out of the way, beg…
5 years, 2 months ago
133 - STS-61 - Closing the Door on Spherical Aberration (HST Servicing 1)
The Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble. With the future of the orbiting observatory, and perhaps NASA itself, on the line, can the crew of STS-61 s…
5 years, 2 months ago
132 - 1.3 Millimeters (Hubble Mirror Flaw)
With STS-61 ready to execute the first servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, let's learn about the overall structure of the observatory, w…
5 years, 3 months ago
131 - STS-58 - Madame La Guillotine (SLS-2)
Columbia is on the launchpad and we've got a whole bunch of life science to get through. And just when you thought it was safe to drop the word "otol…
5 years, 3 months ago
130 - STS-51 - TOSsing ACTS (TOS/ACTS, ORFEUS-SPAS)
We've got a packed flight with an advanced communications satellite, a new kick stage, the return of SPAS, an EVA and a sassy air traffic controller.…
5 years, 4 months ago
129 - Astronaut Dan Tani interview
In this episode, rather than hearing me talk about STS-51, we talk to someone who worked on its primary payload: astronaut Dan Tani! We also chat a b…
5 years, 4 months ago