by Ben | Feb 6, 2024 | NASA
As astronaut Bruce McCandless II flew the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) out of the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay for the first time on February 7, 1984, many in the agency were fearful about the use of a self-propelled and untethered backpack in space....
by Ben | Feb 5, 2024 | NASA
On Feb. 3, 1994, space shuttle Discovery took off on its 18th flight, STS-60. Its six-person crew of Commander Charles F. Bolden, Pilot Kenneth S. Reightler, and Mission Specialists N. Jan Davis, Ronald M. Sega, Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, who...
by Ben | Feb 1, 2024 | Press Releases
The California Science Center has successfully completed the world’s only authentic space shuttle system display in launch configuration. Endeavour’s installation in the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, a major expansion of the California Science...
by Ben | Dec 5, 2023 | NASA
“Trying to do stellar observations from Earth is like trying to do birdwatching from the bottom of a lake.” James B. Odom, Hubble Program Manager 1983-1990. The discovery after its launch that the Hubble Space Telescope’s primary mirror suffered from a flaw...
by Ben | Dec 5, 2023 | NASA
In the pre-dawn hours on Dec. 2, 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a critical mission to repair NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble was designed to be serviced in space with components that astronauts can slide...
