National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2008 Calendar
InternationalSpaceStation
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The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest and most complicated spacecrat ever built. It is allowing NASA to conduct scientic research to improve lie on Earth and to prepare or longduration space fights to the moon and other destinations.
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1988
– STS-27 launch
1973
– Pioneer 10 yby o
1965
– Gemini VII launch
2001
– STS-108 (ISS,
1990
– STS-35 launch Jupiter. First yby o outer
1998
– STS-88 (ISS, Unity Expedition 4) launch
1992
– STS-53 launch planetConnecting Module)
1993
– STS-61 (Hubblelaunch. First U.S. ISSSpace Telescope servicing)segmentlaunch
679
1972
– Apollo 17 launch.
2006
– STS-116 (ISS, P5Final Apollo missiontruss) launch
15 1622 2329 30
1965
–
Gemini VI-Alaunch. Gemini VI-A and VIIsuccessfully rendezvous
1970
– Venera 7 (U.S.S.R.)frst spacecrat to land onanother planet (Venus)
1718 19
1903
– Wright brothers
1999
– STS-103 (Hubblefrst ightSpace Telescope servicing)launch
2021 24
Winter Solstice—1968
– Apollo 8 becomes
Winter begins
frst crewed mission to
1968
– Apollo 8 launch orbit the moon
2881410 11 12 1325 26 2731
Christmas
Orion Statistics: For more inormation about the Constellation Program, please visit:Crew size 6 (ISS missions) 4 (moon missions)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html
Diameter 16.5 eet 5 metersPressurized volume 692 cubic eet 20 cubic meters
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NASA’s Constellation Program is currently building the nextgeneration vehicle that will be launched atop the Ares I rocket. The Orion will also be used to send astronauts tovisit the International Space Station (ISS). The Orion crew exploration vehicle will erry the moon. In addition to Orion and Ares I, Constellation is also developing a heavy cargocrew members to and rom Earth and the ISS beginning in the next decade. Orion will launch vehicle, Ares V.
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New Year’s Day
123
1959
– Luna 1 becomes
2004
– Spirit rover landsrst spacecrat to reach on Marsescape velocity and orbitthe sun
79 11 12
1968
– Surveyor (moon)
1990
– STS32 (SYNCOM
1996
– STS72 (TSS1R;
1986
– STS61Claunch IVF5) launch USMP3) launch (SATCOM KU1) launch
1998
– Lunar Prospector
1997
– STS81 (Shuttle-launch Mir) launch
1316 19
1993
– STS54 (TDRSF;
2003
– STS107
1965
– Gemini II launchDXS) launch (Spacehab) launch
2224 25
1968
– Apollo 5 launch
1985
– STS51C (DOD)
1984
– President Ronald
1992
– STS42 (IML1) launchReagan announces U.S.launch
1986
– Voyager 2 Uranusplans to build a space
1998
– STS89 (ShuttlefybystationMir) launch
2004
– Opportunity roverlands on Mars
2627282931
1967
– Apollo 1 re
1986
– STS51L launch.
1998
– Intergovernmental
1958
– Explorer 1 launch.Space Shuttle
Challenger
Agreement on SpaceFirst U.S. satelliteaccidentStation Cooperation
1961
– Mercury 2 launchsigned
1971
– Apollo 14 launch
6 814 1520 21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
4 51017 182330
When the ISS is complete:•Its solar arrays will span 243 eet (74 meters), which is longer than that• It will have 32,300 cubic eet (915 cubic meters) or equal to that o a Boeing 747o a Boeing 777 200/300 model• It will have 52 computers to control its systems•It will measure 356 eet (108.5 meters) or equivalent to a ootball eldFor more inormation about the ISS, please visit:
www.nasa.gov
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