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.
The two space shuttles that tragically crashed were the Challenger in 1986 and the Columbia in 2003.
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.
Challenger 1986, Columbia 2003