Spacelab 1: A Model for International Cooperation
Forty years ago, in 1983, the Space Shuttle Columbia flew its first international spaceflight, STS-9. The mission included—for the first time—the European Space Agency’s Spacelab pressurized module.
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Forty years ago, in 1983, the Space Shuttle Columbia flew its first international spaceflight, STS-9. The mission included—for the first time—the European Space Agency’s Spacelab pressurized module.
Italian media impressed by Chinese spacewalk 06 Jul 2021, 06:18 GMT+10 ROME, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Italian media closely followed Sunday's spacewalk by Chinese astronauts, calling it a major milestone for the expanding Chinese Manned Space Agency(CMSA). Astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo shot into space last month aboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship, and the CMSA reported that two of them left Tiangong, the core module of the space station, for a seven-hour spacewalk Sunday when they tested out new-generation spacesuits, installed equipment, elevated a panoramic camera, and teste...