The shuttle main ... with the Russian space station Mir (1995-98) and the International Space Station (starting with STS-88, December 1998). Beginning in 1995, crew seats were made with aluminum ...

In this adapted excerpt, he recounts his STS-98 space shuttle crew ... overhead window in the aft cockpit, fingers curled around the hand controller for the shuttle’s maneuvering thrusters.

A NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions and spent six months ... passenger's fury after being told to give up first class seat for dog But it is only since returning to Earth ...