STS-45 – Spaceflight Now

September 17, 2021

Breaking News

[ September 17, 2021 ] Live coverage: Chinese astronauts return to Earth Mission Reports
[ September 16, 2021 ] Inspiration4 crew chats with Elon Musk, works through first full day in space Mission Reports
[ September 16, 2021 ] Four private citizens ride SpaceX rocket into orbit on historic mission Falcon 9
[ September 16, 2021 ] Shenzhou crew departs Chinese space station, heads for Earth Mission Reports
[ September 15, 2021 ] Photos: Inspiration4’s rocket ready for launch on pad 39A Falcon 9

Shuttle skipper, mountaineering spacewalker going into Hall of Fame

May 12, 2016

Commander of the 100th space shuttle flight and a spacewalker who later climbed Mount Everest will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.

OTD…March 24 and STS-45

March 24, 2015

Studying the atmosphere as part of NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth was the objective of shuttle Atlantis’ STS-45 mission in March 1992.