Space Shuttle Almanac
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eBooks covering the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Russian & Chinese Space programs. We tweet every major Space launch and story, follow and enjoy! We are Musk free! www.spaceshuttlealmanac.com
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Arrived today. My 5xGrandfather's British Naval Rocket Brigade patch. Flown in Space during Polaris Program's Polaris Dawn Sept. 10-15, 2024 to over 1,400 km & 75 orbits. Exposed to open Space during the World's first non-govt EVA. Thank you Rook Isaacman & Casey Phillips!
We have updated our 'People In Space' posters to include the @Axiom_Space #AX4 crew. Available as pdfs here spaceshuttlealmanac.com If you have already purchased these they are available as free updates upon request.
June 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We have updated our 'People In Space' posters to include the @Axiom_Space #AX4 crew. Available as pdfs here spaceshuttlealmanac.com If you have already purchased these they are available as free updates upon request.
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OTD - Landing of Endeavour STS-49 at Edwards AFB. First use of the Space Shuttle drag chute. Endeavours first landing.
May 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
OTD - Landing of Endeavour STS-49 at Edwards AFB. First use of the Space Shuttle drag chute. Endeavours first landing.
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🎉 #HappyBirthday to @esa.int astronaut Claudie Haigneré (13 May), first French woman in space, first female ESA astronaut and first European woman on the International Space Station (pic: B. Flitner)
May 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🎉 #HappyBirthday to @esa.int astronaut Claudie Haigneré (13 May), first French woman in space, first female ESA astronaut and first European woman on the International Space Station (pic: B. Flitner)
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OTD - 1989 Launch of Atlantis STS-30R launch of Magellan to Venus. We were there! Pics by Joel W. Powell, my co-author.
May 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
OTD - 1989 Launch of Atlantis STS-30R launch of Magellan to Venus. We were there! Pics by Joel W. Powell, my co-author.
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Nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…
May 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…
Here is our Shenzhou-19 mission report from our Chinese Spaceflight ebook. You can get our 500+ page pdf report here spaceshuttlealmanac.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Here is our Shenzhou-19 mission report from our Chinese Spaceflight ebook. You can get our 500+ page pdf report here spaceshuttlealmanac.com
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ISS debris avoidance manuever carried out at 2210 UTC Apr 30 with the engines of the Progress MS-30 cargo ship; delta-V = 0.3m/s
May 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
ISS debris avoidance manuever carried out at 2210 UTC Apr 30 with the engines of the Progress MS-30 cargo ship; delta-V = 0.3m/s
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2 days to the undocking and return to Earth of the Chinese Shenzhou-19 crew - Wang, Cai and Song.
April 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
2 days to the undocking and return to Earth of the Chinese Shenzhou-19 crew - Wang, Cai and Song.
2 days to the undocking and return to Earth of the Chinese Shenzhou-19 crew - Wang, Cai and Song.
April 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
2 days to the undocking and return to Earth of the Chinese Shenzhou-19 crew - Wang, Cai and Song.
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Honored to moderate today’s town hall — lifting up community voices and demanding accountability from those elected to serve us. Democracy depends on it.
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
Today’s the day!
For those of you registered, we’ll see you at 1:30 p.m. in Lone Tree for our Boebert-less town hall. Limited seating means not everyone could attend—but don’t worry, we’ll report back.
Whether our current representative shows up or not, we will.
#ColoradoPolitics
For those of you registered, we’ll see you at 1:30 p.m. in Lone Tree for our Boebert-less town hall. Limited seating means not everyone could attend—but don’t worry, we’ll report back.
Whether our current representative shows up or not, we will.
#ColoradoPolitics
April 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Honored to moderate today’s town hall — lifting up community voices and demanding accountability from those elected to serve us. Democracy depends on it.
Hope to see you there!
Hope to see you there!
OTD - 1991 Inaugural Rollout Ceremony of Space Shuttle Endeavour at Palmdale.
April 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
OTD - 1991 Inaugural Rollout Ceremony of Space Shuttle Endeavour at Palmdale.
OTD - 1990 Space Shuttle Discovery crew deploy the new Hubble Space Telescope.
April 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
OTD - 1990 Space Shuttle Discovery crew deploy the new Hubble Space Telescope.
Update - Shenzhou-20 docked at the nadir (lower) port of Tianhe April 24 at 15:49 UTC. The crew entered the station a few hours later.
April 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Update - Shenzhou-20 docked at the nadir (lower) port of Tianhe April 24 at 15:49 UTC. The crew entered the station a few hours later.
Approx. 3 hours till the docking of Shenzhou-20 to Tiangong. A few pages from our Chinese Spaceflight ebook. You can get your pdf copy here spaceshuttlealmanac.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Approx. 3 hours till the docking of Shenzhou-20 to Tiangong. A few pages from our Chinese Spaceflight ebook. You can get your pdf copy here spaceshuttlealmanac.com
LIFTOFF of Shenzhou-20.
April 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
LIFTOFF of Shenzhou-20.
OTD - 1990 Launch of STS-31R carrying the Hubble Space Telescope. We were there.
April 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
OTD - 1990 Launch of STS-31R carrying the Hubble Space Telescope. We were there.
OTD - 1983 Crew of Soyuz-T8 return to earth after a 2 day ride attempting to dock with Salyut-7. Soyuz had a limited amount of fuel and battery power to make another attempt. Other Soyuz crews faced the same dilemma over the years. Soyuz-23, 25 & 33 failed to dock with Salyut-6.
April 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
OTD - 1983 Crew of Soyuz-T8 return to earth after a 2 day ride attempting to dock with Salyut-7. Soyuz had a limited amount of fuel and battery power to make another attempt. Other Soyuz crews faced the same dilemma over the years. Soyuz-23, 25 & 33 failed to dock with Salyut-6.
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This will be the 'People in Space' count with todays
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This will be the 'People in Space' count with todays
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
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Following no live coverage of this, I decided to just share to you the live stream by ThatSpaceDogeGuy (TSDG) instead. Here for you to watch: www.youtube.com/live/pE4MSnn....
Sorry for the last minute notice folks, we'll see you probably years later of this rocket type live launch...
Sorry for the last minute notice folks, we'll see you probably years later of this rocket type live launch...
Minotaur IV | NROL-174 (Official TSDG Broadcast)
YouTube video by ThatSpaceDogeGuy
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April 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Following no live coverage of this, I decided to just share to you the live stream by ThatSpaceDogeGuy (TSDG) instead. Here for you to watch: www.youtube.com/live/pE4MSnn....
Sorry for the last minute notice folks, we'll see you probably years later of this rocket type live launch...
Sorry for the last minute notice folks, we'll see you probably years later of this rocket type live launch...
This will be the 'People in Space' count with todays
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This will be the 'People in Space' count with todays
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com
OTD - 1981 (44 years ago!) Launch of Columbia STS-1, starting the Space Shuttle programs mission to Space.
April 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
OTD - 1981 (44 years ago!) Launch of Columbia STS-1, starting the Space Shuttle programs mission to Space.
OTD - 1981 Columbia STS-1 first launch attempt is scrubbed due to a computer interface conflict. The launch is rescheduled for April 12.
April 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
OTD - 1981 Columbia STS-1 first launch attempt is scrubbed due to a computer interface conflict. The launch is rescheduled for April 12.