![]() Follow Life's Little Mysteries on Twitter then join us on Facebook. This story was provided by Life's Little Mysteries, as sister site to . EDT (14:49 GMT), Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from Pad B at Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.It was the start of a 17-day mission of. Visit for complete coverage of Atlantis's final mission STS-135 or follow us and on Facebook. Vote Now! What's Your Favorite Space Shuttle?.Gallery: Inside Shuttle Discovery, a Reporter's-Eye View.As a mission specialist on two space shuttle missions (STS-41-B and STS-31), he logged more than 312 hours in space. He made the trip wearing just his Manned Maneuvering Unit, that jetpacklike device astronauts use on spacewalks. If you're impressed by John Glenn's feat of orbiting around the Earth, you'll be blown away by Bruce McCandless II's main claim to fame: In 1984, he became the first human to orbit Earth without a spacecraft. Glenn logged a total of nine days in space during his NASA career. This also made him the third seated politician to fly in space (he was serving as a U.S. He was 77 at the time, setting the record of oldest person to go into space. He went on to have a long career in NASA, and in 1998 he was asked to be a part of the space shuttle Discovery mission (STS-95). One of the pioneers of space exploration, John Glenn was the fifth person in space and the first person to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962. First non-astronaut to fly on space shuttle, Charles Walker (1984). She was a crewmember on three space shuttle missions (STS-41G, STS-31 and STS-45), and logged 22 days in space. Discovery also flew every type of mission during the space shuttle era and has a. In 1984, mission specialist Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space (STS-41 G). He retired in 1993, having logged more than 28 days in space. In addition to his STS-8 flight, he flew on the Spacelab-equipped STS-61-A mission, and two Department of Defense-dedicated missions, STS-39, and STS-53. He participated in four space shuttle flights between 19. On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a crewmember on Challenger for STS-7.īefore becoming the first African-American in space on Challenger mission STS-8, Guy Bluford was an engineer and a retired colonel from the United States Air Force. In August 1979, she completed one year of training, and then performed as an on-orbit capsule communicator (CAPCOM) on the STS-2 and STS-3 missions. Ride found her way to the shuttle by being one of 8,000 people to answer a NASA application advertisement in a newspaper. Sally Ride was already a notable American physicist before she began her rather unorthodox path to becoming a space shuttle astronaut. ![]()
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