Marsha Ivins (born 15 April 1951)
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Marsha Ivins (born 15 April 1951)
International Space Station - February 2001 The International Space Station is backdropped over clouds, water and land in South America. South central Chile shows up at bottom of the frame. Just below the Destiny laboratory, the Chacao Channel separates the large island of Chiloe from the mainland and connects the Gulf of Coronados on the Pacific side with the Gulf of Ancud southwest of the city of Puerto Montt. The crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-98) and the International Space Station parted company at 9:06 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time), February 16, 2001, as astronaut Mark L. Polansky, pilot, flew the shuttle halfway around the station and its new Destiny laboratory before moving off for the return trip to Earth. Image #: STS098-713a-016 Date: February 16, 2001
Space Shuttle Projects
This image was taken in 2001. It still blows our mind.
Space Shuttle Projects
By NASA
This awesome image depicts the full moon, sunset launch of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis STS-98 mission on February 7, 2001 at 6:13 p.m. eastern time. The large white plume is the pillar of smoke and stream left behind by the solid rocket boosters. The very bright dot that exists above the plume is the…
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STS-98, February 10, 2001 - flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis
STS-98 Atlantis
STS-98 Landing at Edwards. Just to show how accurate the F-Sim simulator is when compared to the real deal. See yesterday's post.
Plus, the included in-cabin comms are awesome.
Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch (2001-02-07)
The launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-98) from near Cocoa Beach:
Mission: International Space Station Assembly Flight 5A
Space Shuttle: Atlantis
Launch Pad: 39A
Launched: February 7, 2001, 6:13:02 p.m. EST
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Landing: February 20, 2001, 3:33 p.m. EST
Runway: 22
Rollout Time: 57 seconds
Revolution: 203
Mission Duration: 12 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds
Miles Traveled: 5.3 million
Crew:
Kenneth D. Cockrell (4), Commander
Mark L. Polansky (1), Pilot
Robert L. Curbeam (2), Mission Specialist
Thomas D. Jones (4), Mission Specialist
Marsha S. Ivins (5), Mission Specialist
Payload:
7th Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-07-5A (US Lab), ORU, PDGF
More info:
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-98/mission-sts-98.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-98.html
The launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-98) from near Cocoa Beach: Mission: International Space Station Assembly Flight 5A Space Shuttle: Atlantis Launch Pad: 39A Launched: February 7, 2001, 6:13:02 p.m. EST Landing Site: Edwards Air Force base, Calif. Landing: February 20, 2001, 3:33 p.m. EST Runway: 22 Rollout Time: 57 seconds Revolution: 203 Mission Duration: 12 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds Miles Traveled: 5.3 million Crew: Kenneth D. Cockrell (4), Commander Mark L. Polansky (1), Pilot Robert L. Curbeam (2), Mission Specialist Thomas D. Jones (4), Mission Specialist Marsha S. Ivins (5), Mission Specialist Payload: 7th Space Station Assembly Flight ISS-07-5A (US Lab), ORU, PDGF More info: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-98/mission-sts-98.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-98.html