In the 1980's the Kennedy Space Center made a critical shift in focus. Instead of going from one human spaceflight program to another they geared toward preparing and launching a new revolutionary spacecraft that would further advance our capabilities in orbit. It was called the space shuttle.
NASA faced a lot challenges. For example the 1986 explosion that resulted in the deaths of all seven crew members.
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Sally Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. She joined NASA in 1978. She worked as the ground-based capsule communicator and helped with the development of the space shuttle's robot arm. In addition to her physicist work, she would go down in history as the first woman in space. On June 18th, 1983, she launched into orbit on the shuttle Challenger as a astronaut apart of the mission STS-7. She died on July 23rd, 2012 in San Diego, California.
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Salyut 7
Salyut 7 was a space station in low Earth orbit from 1982-1991. It was part of the transition from monolithic to modular space stations. It had a total of 12 manned and 15 unmanned launches.
Salyut 7 was a space station in low Earth orbit from 1982-1991. It was part of the transition from monolithic to modular space stations. It had a total of 12 manned and 15 unmanned launches.
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Mir
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986-2001. It was first owned by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. They used as a microgravity research laboratory. It held the record for the largest artificial satellite orbiting the Earth until it was surpassed by the International Space Station in 2001.
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986-2001. It was first owned by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. They used as a microgravity research laboratory. It held the record for the largest artificial satellite orbiting the Earth until it was surpassed by the International Space Station in 2001.