圭恩·布鲁福德，第一位进入太空的非裔美国人

圭恩·布鲁福德，第一位进入太空的非裔美国人

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In this image from Sept. 5, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford checks out the sample pump on the continuous flow electrophoresis system (CFES) experiment in the middeck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger. Forty years ago today, he launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, becoming the first African American to fly in space. Bluford was a member of NASA’s “Thirty-Five New Guys” – the 1978 astronaut class, which had the first African American, the first Asian American, and the first women astronauts. During the STS-8 mission, the crew deployed the Indian National Satellite INSAT-1B, operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System with the Payload Flight Test Article, operated the CFES, conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects of spaceflight, and activated four “Getaway Special” canisters….

水手10号：第一个使用星际重力辅助的任务

水手10号：第一个使用星际重力辅助的任务

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This artists’ impression is of the Mariner 10 mission. Mariner 10, which launched on Nov. 3, 1972, was the first mission to perform an interplanetary gravity assist, using a flyby of the planet Venus to alter its path to meet Mercury. This allowed the spacecraft to meet Mercury on three occasions in 1974 and 1975. 这幅艺术家画的是水手10号的任务。水手10号于1972年11月3日发射升空，是执行行星间引力辅助任务的第一个任务，它通过飞掠金星改变路径与水星相遇。这使得宇宙飞船在1974年和1975年三次与水星会和。 Image Credit: NASA 图片来源:美国国家航空航天局

NASA历史上的这一周：航天飞机计划的最后一次发射 – 2011年7月8日

NASA历史上的这一周：航天飞机计划的最后一次发射 – 2011年7月8日

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This week in 2011, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-135, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. STS-135 carried the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics, and spare parts to the orbiting lab. This was the final launch of the Space Shuttle Program. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the space station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing…