A big part of this mission, designated CRS-6 and designed primarily as a resupply flight for the International Space Station, is getting a second chance at recovering Falcon 9's first stage rocket.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is currently developing the second asteroid sample return mission, designated as Hayabusa 2. Following the successful return of Hayabusa from the asteroid "Itokawa", Hayabusa 2 is designed as a round-trip mission to the asteroid "1999 JU3".
In 1965 the Soviet flyby mission designated Zond 3 returned good pictures of the Moon's far side.
The mission, designated STS-135, is led by commander Chris Ferguson, flown by pilot Doug Hurley, and is carrying mission specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim.
The mission, designated STS-135, is led by commander Chris Ferguson, flown by pilot Doug Hurley, and is carrying mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.
The mission, designated Operation Eagle Claw, was months in the planning and had been approved by President Jimmy Carter and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but the raiders never got close to Tehran.
This is China's fifth manned space mission, designated Shenzhou-10, and is scheduled to last 15 days in total.
Deep Impact embarked on an extended mission designated EPOXI (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Deep Impact Extended Investigation) to visit other comets, after being put to sleep in 2005 upon completion of the Tempel 1 mission.
Consequently, Deep Impact flew by Earth on December 31, 2007 on its way to an extended mission, designated EPOXI, with a dual purpose to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley).
He proposed eliminating dozens of programs at agencies in which STEM education is an add-on to their primary missions, while designating three agencies to shoulder the load in four priority areas.
