Mir Update
Frank Culbertson, Shuttle-Mir Program Manager for National Aeronautics and Space Administration briefed reporters on the status of Mir one day after it collided with a cargo vehicle. He…
40 viewsFrank Culbertson, Shuttle-Mir Program Manager for National Aeronautics and Space Administration briefed reporters on the status of Mir one day after it collided with a cargo vehicle. He…
40 viewsThe crew of Atlantis left for a nine day mission to bring needed supplies to the Russian space station Mir. Michael Foale will also join the Mir crew and Jerry Linenger will return to Earth.
81 viewsAstronauts upgraded the Hubble telescope to improve its vision of the universe.
28 viewsNASA officials briefed reporters on the status of the Mir space station. On June 25, a cargo ship collided with Mir. Frank Culbertson, the Shuttle/ Mir Program Manager for NASA, outlined…
43 viewsThe Mir crew flew around the Mir in the Soyuz capsule to examine the damage to Mir. This was the redocking of the Mir and Soyuz.
71 viewsEllis Miner, the sciene manager of the NASA mission to Saturn, spoke about the upcoming mission of the Cassini space probe. The unmanned probe is supposed to reach Saturn in 2004. Much of…
71 viewsNASA scientists and engineers updated reporters on the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft. They spoke about communications problems with the vehicles on Mars, geological information on Mars, and the…
165 viewsU.S. and Russian astronauts talked to reporters before the space shuttle Atlantis disengaged from the Mir space station before returning to Earth with John Blaha who entered Mir in late…
18 viewsFrank Culbertson, NASA’s Program Manager for Shuttle MIR Missions, briefed reporters on continuing efforts to repair the Russian-built Mir space station following its collision in space…
42 viewsNASA scientists briefed reporters on the progress of the Pathfinder mission to Mars that produced the first panoramic views of the planet. The scientists reported on what the Pathfinder had…
82 viewsThe launch of Atlantis was shown. It is scheduled to link up with Mir and deliver David Wolf and pick up Michael Foale on September 27.
117 viewsFrank Culbertson, Shuttle-Mir Program Manager, briefed reporters on the scheduled repairs to the Specter module of the Mir space station. Two Mir cosmonauts will return to Earth on August…
31 viewsNASA scientists briefed reporters on the progress of the Pathfinder vehicle toward Mars. The vehichle is scheduled to land on Mars on the evening of July 4. The leaders of the scientific…
515 viewsNASA scientists briefed reporters on the Cassini mission to Saturn scheduled for launch on October 13. They focused on the various aspects of the launch and safety precautions surrounding…
233 viewsC-SPAN broadcast live scenes U.S. astronauts performing a space walk to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
50 viewsNASA Officials briefed members of the media on an accident on the MIR Space Station in which a cargo ship crashed into the station during a practice docking.
399 viewsNASA officials briefed reporters on the space walk conducted by two Columbia astronauts. They tested a crane and robotic camera. These pieces of equipment will be used to construct the…
75 viewsSpace Shuttle Columbia was launched on a 16-day mission on which astronauts will conduct a test spacewalk and release and retrieve a solar observatory.
92 viewsThe Soyuz Space Craft delivered 2 cosmonauts to the Mir Space Station and we saw the hatch opening and the greeting from the other cosmonauts.
25 viewsTwo Columbia astronauts conducted a five-hour space walk to test a crane and robotic camera. These pieces of equipment will be used to construct the international space station.
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