International and Mir
Mir space station and international space station..
Some notable space stations currently in orbit include the International Space Station (ISS), Tiangong Space Station (China), and Mir-2 (Russia). These space stations are used for scientific research, international cooperation, and testing technologies for future space missions.
The more popular of bunch would be the Mir ( Russia ) and Skylab ( USA ). They are currently working on ISS ( International Space Station ), which is a joint effort of the US, Russia, Japan, Canada, and other small countries.
Two of the US space probes are Voyager I and Voyager 2. NASA launched Voyager I on September 5, 1977. Voyager II ended up being launched before Voyager I on August 20, 1977.
* Salyut space stations (USSR, 1971-1986) ** Salyut 1 (1971, 1 crew and 1 failed docking) ** DOS-2 (1972, launch failure) ** Salyut 2/Almaz (1973, failed shortly after launch) ** Cosmos 557 (1973, re-entered eleven days after launch) ** Salyut 3/Almaz (1974, 1 crew and 1 failed docking) ** Salyut 4 (1975, 2 crews) ** Salyut 5/Almaz (1976-1977, 2 crews and 1 failed docking) ** Salyut 6 (1977-1981, 16 crews (5 long duration, 11 short duration and 1 failed docking) ** Salyut 7 (1982-1986, 10 crews (6 long duration, 4 short duration and 1 failed docking) * Skylab space station (USA, 1973-1974, 3 crews) * Mir space station (USSR/Russia, 1986-2000, 28 long duration crews)
10 states in the United States have 2 word names.
lan 2. bond
Both Democrats, they are Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall.
Austin and Boston.
Does* Yes, up to seven at a time. These are usually from multiple countries worldwide (hence the International space station) and the current (2/24/13) crew is from the US, Russia, and Canada.
The two space shuttles that tragically crashed were the Challenger in 1986 and the Columbia in 2003.
Challenger 1986, Columbia 2003