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On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia was launched into orbit around the Earth, and a new age of space exploration began. After 30 years and 135 missions, the Space Shuttle program will conduct its last scheduled flight in 2011. This collectible coin commemorates the last flight in nickel alloy. Both sides of the coin are in high relief with fine detail. Measures. 1.5″ diameter. Made in U.S.A.

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Welcome Aboard!

You are about to embark on a spectacular adventure, blazing a trail for future space travel in the world’s greatest flying machine.

Prepare for lift-off using the step-by-step instructions for launch and ascent. Soar into the sky consulting the authentic gatefold reproduction of the Shuttle’s instrument panel. Operate the remote manipulator arm, the space telescope, and the data relay satellite as you communicate with ground control. Chart your space flight using the authentic fold-out orbital map. Hurtle back through the Earth’s atmosphere to land the aircraft gently like a glider.

Congratulations! We hope your mission is rewarding and fascinating!

Sincerely,

Directorate for Crew Training

Written for the layperson by curators at the National Air and Space Museum, with colorful illustrations throughout, THE SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATOR’S MANUAL takes the reader through all the motions of an actual mission — from preparation to takeoff to orbit to re-entry.

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On April 12, 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia was launched into orbit around the Earth, and a new age of space exploration began. After 30 years and 135 missions, the Space Shuttle program will conduct its last scheduled flight in 2011. Honor the Space Shuttle with this collectible hat. Features include 100% cotton, low-profile six-panel crown, sewn eyelets, pre-curved visor, and adjustable Velcro back closure. One size fits most. Imported.

• Cartridge is sealed & pressurized at nealy 35 pounds per square inch;
• Retactable with side button release; Tungsten carbide ball; Writes from -30 to +250 degrees F;
• On wet surfaces; On photographs; Write through grease; Underwater; At any angle; Upside down;
• Refills: SPR, Any Color or Point;

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With it’s sealed pressurized ink cartridge the Space Pen will work in the freezing cold the boiling heat the gravity-free vacuum of Space. It is used on all manned Space Flights- American and Russian. Style: Retractable with Side Button ReleaseOpen Length: 5.0″Closed Length: 3.20″Black Ink Medium PointRefillable Ink

• Large Inflatable Space Toy
• Authentic NASA Design

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This is a cool inflatable toy in the shape of the NASA Space shuttle toy. Over 2 feet long, this inflatable toy makes a great party idea or gift for a child.

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Columbia’s autonomous journey around the Earth during February 1981 opened a new chapter in space exploration. The advent of a “spaceworthy” vehicle severed our dependence upon “Mission Control,” and placed the emphasis upon the new vistas observed by the astronauts themselves. The Space Shuttle represented the culmination of more than a century’s worth of thought and technological experimentation. This 5-DVD collection features hours of rare archival film and photographs dating back to the pioneering efforts of the 1960s that paved the way for Challenger’s ascent. After placing NASA’s “Space Workhorse” in context, History of the Space Shuttle takes you behind the scenes of every mission the vessels have undertaken during the past three decades. These years have been intensely dramatic ones for the program, as scientists have struggled to cope with new contingencies that the founders of rocket propulsion never dreamed of encountering. The march of progress has never been particularly smooth, and this series does not flinch from examining the tragic aspects of the Space Shuttle saga—including the horrific disintegration of Challenger a mere 16 minutes from home on February 1st 2003. Whether you are an aficionado of the space program or merely dipping into its lore, this extraordinary set features material that will open your eyes and pique your interest.

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Space Shuttle Mission is the newest and most exciting Space Shuttle Simulator available today designed to provide the experience and excitement of the NASA Space Shuttle missions in extreme detail.  This simulation was developed by SimSquared with direct input from NASA and will be made available only to the US retail market. Features:   Visually stunning environment from the launch to orbit to landing.  See the smoke and fire from launch the spectacular glow of re-entry and all the visual beauty of earth as seen from orbit. High-Resolution TrueEarth Global Satellite Imagery licensed from TerraMetrics Inc. (These are the same textures used by Google Earth.). Incredibly detailed Space Shuttle model complete with realistic cargo of satellites and parts for the International Space Station. Detailed and dynamic model of the International Space Station.  Carry new modules up into space and attach them to the growing space outpost! Beautifully rendered Space Shuttle 3D virtual cockpit and 3D sound effects. Watch the countdown and Shuttle Launch from the place that few get to see it: the VIP spot at KSC or from the flight deck of your own Shuttle in the perspective of the crew. Experience the Liftoff shakes and engines roar right from the Commander’s or Pilot’s seats. Perform mission procedures: press buttons rotate knobs control and change General Purpose Computer modes and manually guide the Shuttle to a safe landing etc. Conduct On-Orbit maneuvers including docking with the International Space Station grappling broken satellites with the robotic arm or releasing new satellites into orbit on Top Secret missions. First Person View:  Fly the shuttle from the flight deck using real world controls then don your space suit and conduct missions in the vacuum of space just like real astronauts. Third Person View and Free Camera View throughout the missions watch the Space Shuttle and any space object fro

• Includes astronaut in spacesuit
• Open cargo bay doors
• Use the Canadian arm to catch and release telescope
• Hubble Space Telescope included in the set
• 231 pieces

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Rocket into orbit on an important space mission! Help the astronaut open the cargo bay doors and use the Canadian arm to release the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit around earth.

• A realistic depiction of the Space Shuttle with impressive details
• Includes: Opening cargo bay door, movable launch arm, display stand modeled as a launch pad
• 1:144 Scale, 97 parts, skill level4
• Decals for 4 versions: Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour, Enterprise
• Illustrated assembly instructions

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1-144 Scale. Great release comes with boosters, shuttle and mobile launch pad, Authentic decals for Discovery. Atlantis, Endevour and Enterprise. Skill level 2

• On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas. All seven astronauts aboard perished and the worldwide repercussions on the future of the space shuttle program were enormous. Take a new look at the Columbia tragedy–and at NASA itself. From the agency’s creation through decades of technical and financial compromises, get to the heart of what went wrong–and how to mak

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COLUMBIA- SPACE SHUTTLE DISASTER – DVD Movie

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In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world — twenty-nine men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle program. Among them was USAF Colonel Mike Mullane, who, in his memoir Riding Rockets, strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are — human.

Mullane’s tales of arrested development among military flyboys working with feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists are sometimes bawdy, often comical, and always entertaining. He vividly portrays every aspect of the astronaut experience, from telling a female technician which urine-collection condom size is a fit to hearing “Taps” played over a friend’s grave. He is also brutally honest in his criticism of a NASA leadership whose bungling would precipitate the Challenger disaster — killing four members of his group. A hilarious, heartfelt story of life in all its fateful uncertainty, Riding Rockets will resonate long after the call of “Wheel stop.”