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GrumpyOne

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Date: 01:54 AM Jul 9, 2011

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Hey Guys n Gals,

Well just watched the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, would you believe the shuttle program has been going for 30 years and they have had 135 launches.

Out of the 135 launches they have only had 2 catastrophic failures which have taken the lives of 14 crew & the total loss of 2 vehicles.

Failure 1 was STS51-L USS Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into flight 28 Jan 86 and STS 107 USS Columbia 1 Feb 03 disintegrated on re-entry into earths atmosphere due to a heat shield failure after damage caused during lift off.

All up the shuttle program delivered the componentry and ability to build the Interantional Space Station (ISS) and delivered the Hubble Telescope in to orbit as well as retrieving and repairing Hubble.

Of all the missions the shuttles have flown there has been many female crew members fly but there has only been 2 female comanders.

Those two are NASA astronauts Eileen Collins, who led the STS-93 flight of the shuttle Columbia in July 1999, and Pamela Melroy, who commanded the STS-120 mission of Discovery in November 2007.

For those interested in catching a glimpse of Atlantis she will be visible in the western skys of SA about 6am to 7am for the next couple of days.

Here is a list of the launches.....

1	April 12, 1981	STS-1	Columbia	2	02d 06h		Edwards	First reusable orbital spacecraft flight; first flight of Columbia
2	November 12, 1981	STS-2	Columbia	2	02d 06h		Edwards	First reuse of a manned orbital space vehicle; first test of Canadarm robot arm; Truncated due to fuel cell problem.
3	March 22, 1982	STS-3	Columbia	2	08d 00h		White Sands	Shuttle R&D flight, first and only landing at White Sands, New Mexico
4	June 27, 1982	STS-4	Columbia	2	07d 01h		Edwards	Last shuttle R&D flight, first DoD payload
5	November 11, 1982	STS-5	Columbia	4	05d 02h		Edwards	Multiple comsat deployments. First EVA of program canceled due to suit problems
6	April 4, 1983	STS-6	Challenger	4	05d 00h		Edwards	TDRS deployment; first flight of Challenger; first space shuttle extra-vehicular activity
7	June 18, 1983	STS-7	Challenger	5	06d 02h		Edwards	First US woman in space Sally Ride; Multiple comsat deployments; First deployment and retrieval of a satellite SPAS
8	August 30, 1983	STS-8	Challenger	5	06d 01h		Edwards	Comsat deployment, first flight of an African American in space, Guion Bluford; test of robot arm on heavy payloads with Payload Flight Test Article, First night landing
9	November 28, 1983	STS-9	Columbia	6	10d 07h		Edwards	First Spacelab mission
10	February 3, 1984	STS-41-B	Challenger	5	07d 23h		Kennedy	Comsat deployments, first untethered spacewalk by Bruce McCandless II with Manned Maneuvering Unit; first landing at KSC; dry run of equipment for Solar Max rescue
11	April 6, 1984	STS-41-C	Challenger	5	06d 23h	Solar Max	Edwards	Solar Max servicing (first satellite rescue by astronauts), LDEF deployment
12	August 30, 1984	STS-41-D	Discovery	6	06d 00h		Edwards	Multiple comsat deployments; first flight of Discovery, test of OAST-1 Solar Array
13	October 5, 1984	STS-41-G	Challenger	7	08d 05h		Kennedy	Earth Radiation Budget Satellite deployment; First flight of two women in space Ride and Sullivan; First spacewalk by US woman, Kathryn Sullivan; First Canadian in space Marc Garneau
14	November 8, 1984	STS-51-A	Discovery	5	07d 23h	Palapa & Westar	Kennedy	Multiple comsat deployments, retrieval of two other comsats Palapa B2 and Westar VI which were subsequently refurbished on Earth and reflown
15	January 24, 1985	STS-51-C	Discovery	5	03d 01h		Kennedy	First classified Department of Defense (DoD) mission; Magnum satellite deployment
16	April 12, 1985	STS-51-D	Discovery	7	06d 23h		Kennedy	Multiple comsat deployments, first flight of a sitting politician in space, Jake Garn, first impromptu EVA of program to fix Syncom F3 (Leasat 3)
17	April 29, 1985	STS-51-B	Challenger	7	07d 00h		Edwards	Spacelab mission
18	June 17, 1985	STS-51-G	Discovery	7	07d 01h		Edwards	Multiple comsat deployments. Flight of first member of royalty, Saudi, Muslim, and Arab in space, Sultan Salman Al Saud.
19	July 29, 1985	STS-51-F	Challenger	7	07d 22h		Edwards	Spacelab mission
20	August 27, 1985	STS-51-I	Discovery	5	07d 02h	Leasat-3	Edwards	Multiple comsat deployments, rescue of Syncom F3 (Leasat-3) by Astronauts
21	October 3, 1985	STS-51-J	Atlantis	5	04d 01h		Edwards	Second classified DoD mission; DSCS satellite deployment; first flight of Atlantis
22	October 30, 1985	STS-61-A	Challenger	8	07d 00h		Edwards	Spacelab-D1, Germany funded mission, last successful mission of Challenger
23	November 26, 1985	STS-61-B	Atlantis	7	06d 21h		Edwards	Multiple comsat deployment, EASE/ACCESS experiment. First Mexican in space, Rodolfo Neri Vela
24	January 12, 1986	STS-61-C	Columbia	7	06d 02h		Edwards	Comsat deployment, flight of US Representative Bill Nelson
25	January 28, 1986	STS-51-L	Challenger	7	00d 00h 01m 13s		N/A	Planned TDRS deployment, Loss of vehicle and crew, Teacher in Space Flight
26	September 29, 1988	STS-26	Discovery	5	04d 01h		Edwards	TDRS deployment; first post Challenger flight
27	December 2, 1988	STS-27	Atlantis	5	04d 09h		Edwards	Third classified DoD mission; Lacrosse 1 deployment
28	March 13, 1989	STS-29	Discovery	5	04d 23h		Edwards	TDRS-D/IUS, IMAX, SHARE I space station radiator experiment.
29	May 4, 1989	STS-30	Atlantis	5	04d 00h		Edwards	Magellan Venus probe deployment
30	August 8, 1989	STS-28	Columbia	5	05d 01h		Edwards	Fourth classified DoD mission; Satellite Data System deployment
31	October 18, 1989	STS-34	Atlantis	5	04d 23h		Edwards	Galileo Jupiter probe deployment, IMAX
32	November 22, 1989	STS-33	Discovery	5	05d 00h		Edwards	Fifth classified DoD mission; Magnum/IUS
33	January 9, 1990	STS-32	Columbia	5	10d 21h	LDEF	Edwards	SYNCOM IV-F5 satellite deployment, LDEF retrieval, IMAX
34	February 28, 1990	STS-36	Atlantis	5	04d 10h		Edwards	Sixth classified DoD mission; Misty reconnaissance satellite deployment
35	April 24, 1990	STS-31	Discovery	5	05d 01h		Edwards	Hubble Space Telescope deployment
36	October 6, 1990	STS-41	Discovery	5	04d 02h		Edwards	Ulysses/IUS solar probe deployment
37	November 15, 1990	STS-38	Atlantis	5	04d 21h		Kennedy	Seventh classified DoD mission. Likely SDS2-2 deployed.
38	December 2, 1990	STS-35	Columbia	7	08d 23h		Edwards	Use of ASTRO-1 observatory
39	April 5, 1991	STS-37	Atlantis	5	05d 23h		Edwards	Compton Gamma Ray Observatory deployment
40	April 28, 1991	STS-39	Discovery	7	08d 07h		Kennedy	First unclassified DoD mission; military science experiments
41	June 5, 1991	STS-40	Columbia	7	09d 02h		Edwards	Spacelab mission
42	August 2, 1991	STS-43	Atlantis	5	08d 21h		Kennedy	TDRS deployment
43	September 12, 1991	STS-48	Discovery	5	05d 08h		Edwards	Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment
44	November 24, 1991	STS-44	Atlantis	6	06d 22h		Edwards	DSP satellite deployment
45	January 22, 1992	STS-42	Discovery	7	08d 01h		Edwards	Spacelab mission
46	March 24, 1992	STS-45	Atlantis	7	08d 22h		Kennedy	ATLAS-1 science platform
47	May 7, 1992	STS-49	Endeavour	7	08d 21h		Edwards	Intelsat VI repair; first flight of Endeavour. First 3 person EVA. ASEM space station truss experiment EVA, record four EVAs total for mission.
48	June 25, 1992	STS-50	Columbia	7	13d 19h		Kennedy	Spacelab mission
49	July 31, 1992	STS-46	Atlantis	7	07d 23h		Kennedy	EURECA (European Retrievable Carrier) and the joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS)
50	September 12, 1992	STS-47	Endeavour	7	07d 22h		Kennedy	Spacelab-J, Japan funded mission
51	October 22, 1992	STS-52	Columbia	6	09d 20h		Kennedy	LAGEOS II, microgravity experiments
52	December 2, 1992	STS-53	Discovery	5	07d 07h		Edwards	Partially classified 10th and final DoD mission. Likely deployment of SDS2 satellite.
53	January 13, 1993	STS-54	Endeavour	5	05d 23h		Kennedy	TDRS-F/IUS deployment
54	April 8, 1993	STS-56	Discovery	5	09d 06h		Kennedy	ATLAS-2 science platform
55	April 26, 1993	STS-55	Columbia	7	09d 23h		Edwards	Spacelab-D2, Germany funded mission
56	June 21, 1993	STS-57	Endeavour	6	09d 23h		Kennedy	SPACEHAB, EURECA
57	September 12, 1993	STS-51	Discovery	5	09d 20h		Kennedy	ACTS satellite deployed, SPAS-Orfeus with IMAX camera.
58	October 18, 1993	STS-58	Columbia	7	14d 00h		Edwards	Spacelab mission
59	December 2, 1993	STS-61	Endeavour	7	10d 19h	HST	Kennedy	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
60	February 3, 1994	STS-60	Discovery	6	07d 06h		Kennedy	SPACEHAB, Wake Shield Facility
61	March 4, 1994	STS-62	Columbia	5	13d 23h		Kennedy	Microgravity experiments
62	April 9, 1994	STS-59	Endeavour	6	11d 05h		Edwards	Shuttle Radar Laboratory-1
63	July 8, 1994	STS-65	Columbia	7	14d 17h		Kennedy	Spacelab mission
64	September 9, 1994	STS-64	Discovery	6	10d 22h		Edwards	Multiple science experiments; SPARTAN
65	September 30, 1994	STS-68	Endeavour	6	11d 05h		Edwards	Space Radar Laboratory-2
66	November 3, 1994	STS-66	Atlantis	6	10d 22h		Edwards	ATLAS-3 science platform
67	February 3, 1995	STS-63	Discovery	6	08d 06h	Mir	Kennedy	Mir rendezvous, Spacehab, IMAX
68	March 2, 1995	STS-67	Endeavour	7	16d 15h		Edwards	ASTRO-2
69	June 27, 1995	STS-71	Atlantis	7/8	09d 19h	Mir	Kennedy	First Shuttle-Mir docking
70	July 13, 1995	STS-70	Discovery	5	08d 22h		Kennedy	TDRS-G/IUS deployed
71	September 7, 1995	STS-69	Endeavour	5	10d 20h		Kennedy	Wake Shield Facility, SPARTAN
72	October 20, 1995	STS-73	Columbia	7	15d 21h		Kennedy	Spacelab mission
73	November 12, 1995	STS-74	Atlantis	5	08d 04h	Mir	Kennedy	2nd Shuttle-Mir docking. Delivered docking module. IMAX cargo bay camera.
74	January 11, 1996	STS-72	Endeavour	6	08d 22h	Space Flyer Unit	Kennedy	Retrieved Japan's Space Flyer Unit, 2 EVAs.
75	February 22, 1996	STS-75	Columbia	7	15d 17h		Kennedy	Tethered satellite reflight, lost due to broken tether.
76	March 22, 1996	STS-76	Atlantis	6/5	09d 05h	Mir	Edwards	Shuttle-Mir docking
77	May 19, 1996	STS-77	Endeavour	6	10d 00h		Kennedy	SPACEHAB; SPARTAN
78	June 20, 1996	STS-78	Columbia	7	16d 21h		Kennedy	Spacelab mission
79	September 16, 1996	STS-79	Atlantis	6/6	10d 03h	Mir	Kennedy	Shuttle-Mir docking
80	November 19, 1996	STS-80	Columbia	5	17d 15h		Kennedy	Wake Shield Facility; ASTRO-SPAS
81	January 12, 1997	STS-81	Atlantis	6/6	10d 04h	Mir	Kennedy	Shuttle-Mir docking
82	February 11, 1997	STS-82	Discovery	7	09d 23h	HST	Kennedy	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
83	April 4, 1997	STS-83	Columbia	7	03d 23h		Kennedy	Truncated due to fuel cell problem
84	May 15, 1997	STS-84	Atlantis	7/7	09d 05h	Mir	Kennedy	Shuttle-Mir docking
85	July 1, 1997	STS-94	Columbia	7	15d 16h		Kennedy	Spacelab mission
86	August 7, 1997	STS-85	Discovery	6	11d 20h		Kennedy	CRISTA-SPAS
87	September 25, 1997	STS-86	Atlantis	7/7	10d 19h	Mir	Kennedy	Shuttle-Mir docking
88	November 19, 1997	STS-87	Columbia	6	15d 16h		Kennedy	Microgravity experiments, 2 EVAs, SPARTAN
89	January 22, 1998	STS-89	Endeavour	7/7	08d 19h	Mir	Kennedy	Shuttle-Mir docking
90	April 17, 1998	STS-90	Columbia	7	15d 21h		Kennedy	Spacelab mission
91	June 2, 1998	STS-91	Discovery	6/7	09d 19h	Mir	Kennedy	Last Shuttle-Mir docking
92	October 29, 1998	STS-95	Discovery	7	08d 21h		Kennedy	SPACEHAB; John Glenn flies again
93	December 4, 1998	STS-88	Endeavour	6	11d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 2A: Node 1. First Shuttle ISS assembly flight
94	May 27, 1999	STS-96	Discovery	7	09d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS supply
95	July 23, 1999	STS-93	Columbia	5	04d 22h		Kennedy	Chandra X-ray Observatory deployed
96	December 19, 1999	STS-103	Discovery	7	07d 23h	HST	Kennedy	Hubble Space Telescope servicing
97	February 11, 2000	STS-99	Endeavour	6	11d 05h		Kennedy	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
98	May 19, 2000	STS-101	Atlantis	7	09d 21h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS supply
99	September 8, 2000	STS-106	Atlantis	7	11d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS supply
100	October 11, 2000	STS-92	Discovery	7	12d 21h	ISS	Edwards	ISS assembly flight 3A: Z1 truss
101	November 30, 2000	STS-97	Endeavour	5	10d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 4A: P6 solar arrays, radiators
102	February 7, 2001	STS-98	Atlantis	5	12d 21h	ISS	Edwards	ISS assembly flight 5A: Destiny lab
103	March 8, 2001	STS-102	Discovery	7/7	12d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS supply, crew rotation
104	April 19, 2001	STS-100	Endeavour	7	11d 21h	ISS	Edwards	ISS assembly flight 6A: robotic arm; First spacewalk by a Canadian Chris Hadfield
105	July 12, 2001	STS-104	Atlantis	5	12d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 7A: Quest Joint Airlock
106	August 10, 2001	STS-105	Discovery	7/7	11d 21h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS supply, crew rotation
107	December 5, 2001	STS-108	Endeavour	7/7	11d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS supply, crew rotation
108	March 1, 2002	STS-109	Columbia	7	10d 22h	HST	Kennedy	Hubble Space Telescope servicing, last successful mission for Columbia before STS-107
109	April 8, 2002	STS-110	Atlantis	7	10d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 8A: S0 truss
110	June 5, 2002	STS-111	Endeavour	7/7	13d 20h	ISS	Edwards	ISS supply, crew rotation, Mobile Base System
111	October 7, 2002	STS-112	Atlantis	6	10d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 9A: S1 truss
112	November 23, 2002	STS-113	Endeavour	7/7	13d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 11A: P1 truss, crew rotation, last successful mission before STS-107
113	January 16, 2003	STS-107	Columbia	7	15d 22h		N/A (Ken.)	SPACEHAB; Loss of vehicle and crew before landing at KSC
114	July 26, 2005	STS-114	Discovery	7	13d 21h	ISS	Edwards	First post Columbia flight. Flight safety evaluation/testing, ISS supply/repair, MPLM Raffaello
115	July 4, 2006	STS-121	Discovery	7/6	12d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS Flight ULF1.1: Supply, crew rotation, MPLM Leonardo
116	September 9, 2006	STS-115	Atlantis	6	11d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 12A: P3/P4 Truss, Solar Arrays
117	December 9, 2006	STS-116	Discovery	7/7	12d 21h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 12A.1: P5 Truss & Spacehab-SM, crew rotation
118	June 8, 2007	STS-117	Atlantis	7/7	13d 20h	ISS	Edwards	ISS assembly flight 13A: S3/S4 Truss, Solar Arrays, crew rotation
119	August 8, 2007	STS-118	Endeavour	7	12d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 13A.1: S5 Truss & Spacehab-SM & ESP3. First use of SSPTS (Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System)
120	October 23, 2007	STS-120	Discovery	7/7	15d 02h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 10A: US Harmony module, crew rotation
121	February 7, 2008	STS-122	Atlantis	7/7	12d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 1E: European Laboratory Columbus, crew rotation
122	March 11, 2008	STS-123	Endeavour	7/7	15d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 1J/A: JEM ELM PS & SPDM, crew rotation
123	May 31, 2008	STS-124	Discovery	7/7	13d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 1J: JEM - Japanese module Kibo & JEM RMS
124	November 14, 2008	STS-126	Endeavour	7/7	15d 20h	ISS	Edwards	ISS assembly flight ULF2: MPLM Leonardo, crew rotation
125	March 15, 2009	STS-119	Discovery	7/7	12d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 15A: S6 Truss, Solar Arrays
126	May 11, 2009	STS-125	Atlantis	7	12d 21h	HST	Edwards	Last Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (HST SM-04). Final Non-ISS flight.
127	July 15, 2009	STS-127	Endeavour	7/7	15d 16h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 2J/A: JEM Exposed Facility (EF) & JEM ELM ES.
128	August 28, 2009	STS-128	Discovery	7/7	13d 21h	ISS	Edwards	ISS assembly flight 17A: MPLM Leonardo & 6 person ISS crew.
129	November 16, 2009	STS-129	Atlantis	6/7	10d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight ULF3: ExPRESS Logistics Carriers (ELCs) 1 & 2.
130	February 8, 2010	STS-130	Endeavour	6	13d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 20A: Node 3 and Cupola
131	April 5, 2010	STS-131	Discovery	7	15d 03h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight 19A: Utility and Logistics Flight 4: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo.
132	May 14, 2010	STS-132	Atlantis	6	11d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight ULF4: Mini-Research Module 1.
133	February 24, 2011	STS-133	Discovery	6	12d 19h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight ULF5, PMM Leonardo (to be left permanently attached), ELC 4. Final flight of Discovery.
134	May 16, 2011	STS-134	Endeavour	6	15d 18h	ISS	Kennedy	ISS assembly flight ULF6, ELC 3, ROEU, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Final flight of Endeavour.
135	July 8, 2011	STS-135	Atlantis	4	~12d	ISS	TBD	Payload Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello. Final planned flight of Atlantis, final flight of the Space Shuttle program.

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Date: 08:41 AM Jul 9, 2011

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Brings back a lot of fond memories for Blue, Grumps. He was at NASA and worked on one of the launches (I can't remember which one it was at the moment) back in the early days. Was a real experience for him and things have come a long way since then. __________________ Age is an attitude.........NOT a condition

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That was one of my bucket wishes, sould have worked on it a bit sooner.. Loved the thing... will be hard to replace.... sad ..thanks for the insight....Bob __________________ Land Rover Discovery Chipped TD5 Manual ,Air Springs, Anti Sway. T.C. Auto level. Van, Roadstar 21.6 Voyager 4000 all sola powered.

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