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Shuttle program history chapters

 Atlantis STS-37 - Keep on Walking

Introduction - Gamma Eyes

Crew - Ready to go walking

Mission - An Interesting Flight

The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory - A Superhero’s Spacecraft

Launch Preparations - On the Road Again

Friday,April 5,1991 (Launch Day) - Cloud Breaker

Friday,April 5,1991 (Flight Day 1) - Setting Up

Saturday,April 6,1991 (Flight Day 2) - Clean and Green

Sunday,April 7,1991 (Flight Day 3) - The Longest Day

Monday,April 8,1991 (Flight Day 4) - The Wall of EVA

Tuesday,April 9,1991 (Flight Day 5) - Verifications

Wednesday,April 10,1991 (Flight Day 6) - A Clean Bill of Health

Thursday,April 11,1991 (Landing Day) - Landing Short

April 12-14,1991 - To Rise Again:The 10th Anniversary of STS-1

The Trials and Tribulations of Compton - A Gamma-Ray Zoo

Sunday,June 4,2000 (CGRO Re-entry) - Last Data

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Columbia STS-40 - The Flying Doctors

Introduction - A Medical Mission

Crew - Three Women,or Three Doctors?

Mission - A Packed Flight Plan

Project Juno - “No Experience Required”

The Mission of Soyuz TM-12 - “At Home In Space”

Juno Postlude - “Just Like Heaven”

Russia In Space:1990-91

Mission Preparations - The Return of Spacelab

A Month of Delays

June 1991 - “A Trained Crew”

Wednesday,June 5,1991 (Launch Day) - The Clearest of Skies

Wednesday,June 5,1991 (Flight Day 1) - Eclectic Experiments

Thursday,June 6,1991 (Flight Day 2) - Life Support

Friday,June 7,1991 (Flight Day 3) - The Vestibular Variety Show

Saturday,June 8,1991 (Flight Day 4) - Muscular Science

Sunday,June 9,1991 (Flight Day 5) - A Restful Day in Space

Monday,June 10,1991 (Flight Day 6) - The Head Doctor

Tuesday,June 11,1991 (Flight Day 7) - Hot Blooded

Wednesday,June 12,1991 (Flight Day 8) - Science on the Scoreboard

Thursday,June 13,1991 (Flight Day 9) - One Last Pass

Friday,June 14,1991 (Landing Day) - Smooth As Butter

Mission Postlude - “Impressive Science”

International Mir - Building for the Future

SLS-2 - A Dream Deferred?

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Atlantis STS-43 - Four Tracking Satellites and Three Days Tripled

Introduction - A Mission of Fives

Crew - The Fabulous Five

Mission - The Fifth Satellite

Space news in general:May 1991

Space news in general:June 1991

Ariane Goes Forth - The Launch of ERS-1

Mission Training - Seven Weeks to Go

A Few Minor Bumps on the Road to Space

Microsat 1:The Winged Horse Rides Again

Space news in general:July 1991

Countdown:Three Days to Go

Thursday,August 1,1991 (Launch Attempt 1) - Twenty Minutes

Friday,August 2,1991 (Launch Day) - An Eight Minute Ride

Friday,August 2,1991 (Flight Day 1) - The Work of Six Hours

Saturday,August 3,1991 (Flight Day 2) - The First Full Day

Sunday,August 4,1991 (Flight Day 3) - A Day of Niggles

Monday,August 5,1991 (Flight Day 4) - “Happy Birthday,Neil”

Tuesday,August 6,1991 (Flight Day 5) - The Halfway Mark

Wednesday,August 7,1991 (Flight Day 6) - Heat Pipe!

Thursday,August 8,1991 (Flight Day 7) - Apple Pies in Space

Friday,August 9,1991 (Flight Day 8) - Earth Photography and Experiments

Saturday,August 10,1991 (Flight Day 9) - Not Quite Yet

Sunday,August 11,1991 (Landing Day) - Eight Thousand Feet

Post-Landing - “Some Good Views”

Space news in general:August 1991

Space news in general:September 1991

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Discovery STS-48 - What’s Out There?

Introduction - A Mission of Tests

Crew - A Mixed Bag

Mission - Robotics and Science

UARS - The Ozone Watcher

Crew Training

Preparing Discovery and UARS

Freedom in 1991 - Fits and Starts

Countdown:A Whiff of Cape Air

Thursday,September 12,1991 (Launch Day) - An Exciting Evening

Thursday,September 12,1991 (Flight Day 1) - Working at Night

Friday,September 13,1991 (Flight Day 2) - Morning,Noon,and Night

Saturday,September 14,1991 (Flight Day 3) - Deploy Day

Sunday,September 15,1991 (Flight Day 4) - Escape and Evasion

Monday,September 16,1991 (Flight Day 5) - TAGSing Up

Tuesday,September 17,1991 (Flight Day 6) - Ready to Return

Wednesday,September 18,1991 (Landing Day) - A Late Night Homecoming

Mission Postlude - “Next Time,The Cape”

UARS Operations - Sniffing the Skies

2001 - A UARS Homecoming?

Epitaph for UARS

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Atlantis STS-44 - Not So Secret

Introduction - A Win for Liberty

Crew - The Army Men

Mission - The Logistics of Liberty

Preparing the Crew,Payload,and Atlantis

Space news in general:October 1991

Interlude:Still Dreaming of Jeannie

Soyuz TM-13 - A Tri-National Mission

The Rise of Zenit

Energia and Buran in Limbo

China’s Space Plans - A Future Contender

Space news in general:November 1991

Sunday,November 24,1991 (Launch Day) - Through Twilit Skies

Sunday,November 24,1991 (Flight Day 1) - Liberty Rising

Monday,November 25,1991 (Flight Day 2) - Terra Scouts

Tuesday,November 26,1991 (Flight Day 3) - Imagery

Wednesday,November 27,1991 (Flight Day 4) - Always Another Picture

Thursday,November 28,1991 (Flight Day 5) - Thanksgiving in Space

Friday,November 29,1991 (Flight Day 6) - The Beauty of Earth

Saturday,November 30,1991 (Flight Day 7) - A Problem of Alignment 

Sunday,December 1,1991 (Landing Day) - The Last Lakebed Landing

Post-Landing - “Our Goals Were Still Achieved”

Space news in general:December 1991

A Review of 1991 - A Productive Year

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Discovery STS-42 - Microgravity Matters

Introduction - An International Mission

Mission - Science from Many Lands

Crew - The Tri-Nation Crew

Preparing Discovery and Spacelab

Space news in general:January 1992

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Atlantis STS-45 - On ATLAS’ Shoulders

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Endeavour STS-49 - Maiden Mission

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Columbia STS-50 - Footsteps to Freedom

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Atlantis STS-46 - A Multifaceted Mission

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Endeavour STS-47 - An International Endeavour

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The Martian Chronicles: 1992-1993 - The Flight of the Observer

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Columbia STS-52 - Of Lasers and Canucks

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Discovery STS-53 - One Last Hurrah

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Endeavour STS-54 - Solid Six

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Discovery STS-56 - Air Scanners

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Columbia STS-55 - Das Spacelab

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Endeavour STS-57 - EURECA And An EVA

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Discovery STS-51 - The Big Picture

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Columbia STS-58 - Stellar Space Science

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Endeavour STS-61 - “You and the Rest!”

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Discovery STS-60 - Hands across the Sky

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Columbia STS-62 - The Measure of Microgravity

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Endeavour STS-59 - Radar Love

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Columbia STS-65 - Science with a View

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Discovery STS-64 - Wings above the World

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Endeavour STS-68 - Radar Redux

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Atlantis STS-66 - Return of the Shuttle

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Discovery STS-63 - A New Beginning

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Endeavour STS-67 - Interstellar Observations

Saturday,March 18,1995 (Landing Day) - Slipping and Sliding

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Atlantis STS-71 - Reunion

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Discovery STS-70 - Completing the Constellation

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Endeavour STS-69 - A Song of Scrubs,SPARTANs,Shields,and Spacewalking

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Columbia STS-73 - Two Weeks in Space

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Atlantis STS-74 - Docking and Delivering

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Endeavour STS-72 - Return to Sender

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Columbia STS-75 - The Broken Link

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Atlantis STS-76 - Mirwalking

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Endeavour STS-77 - The Real Thing

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Columbia STS-78 - The International Space Shuttle

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Atlantis STS-79 - Mission to Mir

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The Martian Chronicles: 1996 - The Quest for Life

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The Martian Chronicles: 1996 - Leaving Port

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Columbia STS-80 - The Longest Time

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Atlantis STS-81 - New Year,New Mir,New Mission

Introduction - With Apologies to Lauren Collins

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Discovery STS-82 - No Trouble with Hubble

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Columbia STS-83 - Substack Attack

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Atlantis STS-84 - Where Things Are Bright and Sunny

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Columbia STS-94 - Deja Crew

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The Martian Chronicles: 1997 - Pathfinder and Sojourner

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The Martian Chronicles: 1997 - A Global Survey

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Discovery STS-85 - A Packed Mission

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Atlantis STS-86 - From Catastrophe to Confidence

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Cassini’s Odyssey: 1997 - Launch

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Columbia STS-87 - The Stranded Spartan

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Endeavour STS-89 - The Wolfman of Mir

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Columbia STS-90 - Spacebrains

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Discovery STS-91 - One Last Time

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The International Space Station - Building for the Future

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RTF 1998 - A Summer for Space

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Discovery STS-95 - A Legendary Comeback

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Endeavour STS-88 - Some Assembly Required

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The Martian Chronicles: 1998 - Two Launches

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Cassini’s Odyssey: 1998-1999 - Three Flybys and a Maneuver

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Space in Early 1999 - Uncertain Days

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Discovery STS-96 - The First Visit

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Columbia STS-93 - New Heights and New Challenges

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The Martian Chronicles: 1999 - Two for One Failure

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RTF 1999 - Brighter Horizons

Fallout - The Forgotten Shuttle Movie

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Discovery STS-103 - DIY,Hubble Style

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Endeavour STS-99 - Flight of the Mapmakers

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RTF 2000 - A New Millennium

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Atlantis STS-101 - Heavenly House Call

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Atlantis STS-106 - Stocking the Station

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Discovery STS-92 - Not on Time,but on the Mark

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Expedition 1 - A Steadily Brightening Star

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Endeavour STS-97 - A Question of Power

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The Martian Chronicles: 2000 - The Water of Life

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Cassini’s Odyssey: 2000 - A Millennial Mission

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Atlantis STS-98 - Destiny’s Call

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Discovery STS-102 - Shaping Destiny

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Expedition 2 - Continuity of Presence


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