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  Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the two first missions, STS-1 and STS-2, the external tank was painted white to protect the insulation that covers much of the tank, but improvements and testing showed that it was not required.
While the "return to flight" mission STS-114 in 2005 was successful, a similar piece of foam from a different portion of the tank was shed.
The second "Return to Flight" mission, STS-121, launched on July 4, 2006, at 2:37:55 PM (EDT), after two previous launches were scrubbed because of lingering thunderstorms and high winds around the launch pad and the launch took place despite objections from its chief engineer and safety head.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_shuttle   (5824 words)

  
 Von Braun Mars Expedition - 1969
The variation for this mission had a mass of 43 tonnes.
His mission profile made the propellant available for it, and the risk of contamination of the earth by Martian organisms was eliminated.
Two manned Mars missions, a 1981 opposition class mission and a 1986 conjunction class mission, were selected as representative types about which to develop total vehicle and operational concepts.
www.astronautix.com /craft/vonn1969.htm   (2337 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Martin Luther
His mission to Rome, extending over an estimated period of five months, one of which he spent in the city of Rome, which played so important a part in his early biographies, and even now is far from a negligible factor in Reformation research, occurred in 1511, or, as some contend, 1510.
One of the incidents of the Roman mission, which at one time was considered a pivotal point in his career, and was calculated to impart an inspirational character to the leading doctrine of the Reformation, and is still detailed by his biographers, was his supposed experience while climbing the Scala Santa.
Bucer was entrusted with the mission of securing the consent of Luther, Melancthon and the Saxon princes.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09438b.htm   (16875 words)

  
 Orbit Interaction
The film's based on the book, "Roving Mars : Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet," by Steve Squyers, and presents the dual missions of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which were launched in June and July of 2003.
It combines interviews with mission scientists, scenes from the the trip to Mars, and the fascinating discoveries that the rovers have been beaming back to us during their unexpectedly long lives.
The part presenting the Delta II rocket launch and trajectory insertion stages are more intense than what I remember from "Apollo 13." The sequence of events that take place in Stage 3 are particularly cool to watch.
www.orbitnet.com   (7044 words)

  
 Array Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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