by NASA, NASA Facts — Russian Space Stations
“ In 1903, Russian schoolteacher Konstantin Tsiolkovsky wrote Beyond the Planet Earth, a work of fiction based on sound science. In it, he described orbiting space stations where humans would learn to live in space. ”
by NASA, NASA Facts — Russian Space Stations
“ The Next Generation Launch Technology Program NASA is aggressively pursuing new space vehicle and flight technologies in an effort to expand America’s presence in space – building a future in which people and businesses will routinely travel, work and live in Earth orbit and beyond.NASA’s Space Launch Initiative was introduced in February 2001 to develop technologies and identify options for future space transportation systems, perform-ing the critical analysis necessary for NASA to eventually proceed with full-scale development of a new reusable launch vehicle system. ”
by NASA, NASA Facts — Russian Space Stations
“ Valeri Polyakov arrived on Mir on Soyuz-TM 18 in January 1994 and returned to Earth on Soyuz-TM 20 on March 21, 1995. He lived in orbit for more than 438 days, a new world record. Through 1994, 16 long-duration crews lived and worked on Mir. In all, 19 piloted craft have docked with the station. Cosmonaut-researchers from Afghanistan, Austria, Britain, Bulgaria, the European Space Agency, France, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Syria have visited Mir. European and French cosmonauts lived on Mir for as long as a month. ”
