Shuttle to Lift Off on Mission to Space Station (December 1, 2000) Space shuttle Endeavour blasted off Thursday night carrying five astronauts and giant solar wings for the International Space Station. (December 2, 2000) As the NASA space shuttle Endeavour closed in on the International Space Station, the astronauts who have been living on the station for a month dealt with their first traffic jam.Įndeavour Roars Into Orbit to Meet Space Station Shuttle Nearing Space Station and Causing a Traffic Jam (December 3, 2000) The space shuttle Endeavour pulled up to the International Space Station and docked, setting the stage for the attachment of the world's largest solar wings. Shuttle Joins Space Station Solar Wings Await Of the two wings was deployed as planned while engineers awaited answers to a series of small problems. (December 4, 2000) The new International Space Station became bigger and potentially more powerful with the addition of the largest set of solar-power wings ever put on a spacecraft. Space Station Gets Its Wings as Crew Gets Gifts From Home (December 5, 2000) Working with deliberate starts and stops, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour completed the addition of a major upgrade in power for the International Space Station by extendingĪ second solar power wing over the spacecraft. (December 6, 2000) The International Space Station, a research outpost being assembled 240 miles above Earth, is rapidly becoming one of the brightest objects in the night sky.Īstronauts Finish Adding Solar Wing to Station Space Station Eclipses Most Other Objects in Sky (December 7, 2000) After 2 1/2 days of exhaustive work, NASA came up with a plan Wednesday for space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts to tighten a slack solar wing on the International Space Station. (December 8, 2000) Two spacewalking astronauts quickly tightened a slack solar wing on the International Space Station on Thursday. On the station's exterior for almost a week. (December 9, 2000) Ringing a ship's bell in the naval tradition, the three residents of the International Space Station greeted their first visitors, the shuttle astronauts who have been working (December 10, 2000) The space shuttle Endeavour flew away from the International Space Station, leaving behind powerful solar wings that already have improved life on the orbiting outpost. Space Shuttle Departs Space Station After Installing Solar Wings (December 11, 2000) The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of five returned to Earth, ending NASA's most difficult space-station construction mission yet. Space Shuttle Returns to Earth, Ending Construction Mission (April 17, 2001) The International Space Station is to receive a major arm up this week when astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour deliver a robot helper critical to expanding and maintaining the orbiting Special Delivery for the Space Station: A Robotic Arm (April 20, 2001) The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying a giant mechanical arm that will be used to expand the growing International Space Station. (April 22, 2001) The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station to deliver a billion-dollar robot arm that will act as a high-tech construction crane. (April 23, 2001) Two spacewalking astronauts installed a massive billion-dollar robot arm on the International Space Station today and unfolded the two-handed limb. (April 26, 2001) Computer trouble prevented astronauts from steering the International Space Station's giant new robot arm with a 1.5-ton load today and resulted in a cascade of other problems.Ĭanadian Robot Arm Is Linked to Space Station in 7-Hour Walk Space Station Test of Robot Arm Is Delayed (April 30, 2001) The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew undocked from the International Space Station today, wrapping up a visit that was racked by computer trouble but ended in success.
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