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eBooks covering the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Russian & Chinese Space programs. We tweet every major Space launch and story, follow and enjoy! We are Musk free! www.spaceshuttlealmanac.com

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We have updated our 'People In Space' posters to include the @Axiom_Space #AX4 crew. Available as pdfs here spaceshuttlealmanac.com If you have already purchased these they are available as free updates upon request.

08.06.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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29.05.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 28307 πŸ” 7161 πŸ’¬ 1086 πŸ“Œ 422
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OTD - Landing of Endeavour STS-49 at Edwards AFB. First use of the Space Shuttle drag chute. Endeavours first landing.

17.05.2025 06:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Closeup portrait of Claudie HaignerΓ©, blue flightsuit and black background.

Closeup portrait of Claudie HaignerΓ©, blue flightsuit and black background.

πŸŽ‰ #HappyBirthday to @esa.int astronaut Claudie HaignerΓ© (13 May), first French woman in space, first female ESA astronaut and first European woman on the International Space Station (pic: B. Flitner)

13.05.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.05.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 24305 πŸ” 4972 πŸ’¬ 615 πŸ“Œ 285
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OTD - 1989 Launch of Atlantis STS-30R launch of Magellan to Venus. We were there! Pics by Joel W. Powell, my co-author.

05.05.2025 00:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Child in smurflike blue raincoat watches trains from above, nighttime city lights reflected in the clear part of his hood.

Child in smurflike blue raincoat watches trains from above, nighttime city lights reflected in the clear part of his hood.

Nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…

02.05.2025 22:29 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is our Shenzhou-19 mission report from our Chinese Spaceflight ebook. You can get our 500+ page pdf report here spaceshuttlealmanac.com

02.05.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ISS debris avoidance manuever carried out at 2210 UTC Apr 30 with the engines of the Progress MS-30 cargo ship; delta-V = 0.3m/s

01.05.2025 01:18 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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2 days to the undocking and return to Earth of the Chinese Shenzhou-19 crew - Wang, Cai and Song.

27.04.2025 04:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2 days to the undocking and return to Earth of the Chinese Shenzhou-19 crew - Wang, Cai and Song.

27.04.2025 04:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honored to moderate today’s town hall β€” lifting up community voices and demanding accountability from those elected to serve us. Democracy depends on it.

Hope to see you there!

26.04.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1991 Inaugural Rollout Ceremony of Space Shuttle Endeavour at Palmdale (my video).

25.04.2025 05:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1991 Inaugural Rollout Ceremony of Space Shuttle Endeavour at Palmdale.

25.04.2025 05:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1990 Space Shuttle Discovery crew deploy the new Hubble Space Telescope.

25.04.2025 03:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update - Shenzhou-20 docked at the nadir (lower) port of Tianhe April 24 at 15:49 UTC. The crew entered the station a few hours later.

25.04.2025 00:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Approx. 3 hours till the docking of Shenzhou-20 to Tiangong. A few pages from our Chinese Spaceflight ebook. You can get your pdf copy here spaceshuttlealmanac.com

24.04.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LIFTOFF of Shenzhou-20.

24.04.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

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OTD - 1990 Launch of STS-31R carrying the Hubble Space Telescope. We were there.

24.04.2025 03:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1983 Crew of Soyuz-T8 return to earth after a 2 day ride attempting to dock with Salyut-7. Soyuz had a limited amount of fuel and battery power to make another attempt. Other Soyuz crews faced the same dilemma over the years. Soyuz-23, 25 & 33 failed to dock with Salyut-6.

22.04.2025 02:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This will be the 'People in Space' count with todays
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com

14.04.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minotaur IV | NROL-174 (Official TSDG Broadcast) YouTube video by ThatSpaceDogeGuy

Following no live coverage of this, I decided to just share to you the live stream by ThatSpaceDogeGuy (TSDG) instead. Here for you to watch: www.youtube.com/live/pE4MSnn....

Sorry for the last minute notice folks, we'll see you probably years later of this rocket type live launch...

16.04.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This will be the 'People in Space' count with todays
@blueorigin #NS31 mission to sub-orbit above the Karman line. You can get PDFs to our printable posters here SpaceShuttleAlmanac.com

14.04.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.04.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1981 (44 years ago!) Launch of Columbia STS-1, starting the Space Shuttle programs mission to Space.

12.04.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1981 Columbia STS-1 first launch attempt is scrubbed due to a computer interface conflict. The launch is rescheduled for April 12.

10.04.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Jared Isaacman Senate Nomination Hearing for NASA Administrator
Jared Isaacman Senate Nomination Hearing for NASA Administrator YouTube video by NASA

Everyone standing by for Rook Isaacman's Senate confirmation hearing? He actually starts at 10:15 am.
youtube.com/watch?v=tqejrlbfB84

09.04.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1980 Launch of the Soviet Soyuz-35 crew to Salyut-6, Popov an Ryumin. They would help establish the standard six-month duration of future Salyut, Mir and ISS crews.

09.04.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OTD - 1983 Space Shuttle Challenger returns from its first mission to Space STS-6 with a crew of 4.

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