STS-60 - A New Partnership (WSF, SPACEHAB, Shuttle-Mir)
Look out! There's a Russian on the space shuttle! Oh, we invited him? Well alright then. On STS-60 we're going to push some atoms out of the way, begin the partnership that would lead to the ISS, and ...
27 Maj 202128min
133 - STS-61 - Closing the Door on Spherical Aberration (HST Servicing 1)
The Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble. With the future of the orbiting observatory, and perhaps NASA itself, on the line, can the crew of STS-61 save the day? Show notes: https://thespaceabove.us/e...
13 Maj 202141min
132 - 1.3 Millimeters (Hubble Mirror Flaw)
With STS-61 ready to execute the first servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, let's learn about the overall structure of the observatory, what the flaw with its mirror was, and how that flaw...
29 Apr 202141min
131 - STS-58 - Madame La Guillotine (SLS-2)
Columbia is on the launchpad and we've got a whole bunch of life science to get through. And just when you thought it was safe to drop the word "otolith" from your vocabulary. Show notes: https://thes...
15 Apr 202134min
130 - STS-51 - TOSsing ACTS (TOS/ACTS, ORFEUS-SPAS)
We've got a packed flight with an advanced communications satellite, a new kick stage, the return of SPAS, an EVA and a sassy air traffic controller. Show notes: https://thespaceabove.us/episodes/ep13...
1 Apr 202139min
129 - Astronaut Dan Tani interview
In this episode, rather than hearing me talk about STS-51, we talk to someone who worked on its primary payload: astronaut Dan Tani! We also chat a bit about some government job he had down in Houston...
18 Mars 20211h 19min
128 - STS-57
Space Shuttle Endeavour is here with STS-57, which brings us a little piece of much of what the shuttle program has to offer. Satellite captures, EVAs, technology demonstrations, commercial space stuf...
4 Mars 202132min
127 - STS-55
Germany is back together and back in orbit with their second shuttle flight, the D-2 Spacelab mission. I wonder what sort of science they have in store for us? We also wonder who's squeezing the bag u...
18 Feb 202134min
