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==Campaign Timeline== | ==Campaign Timeline== | ||
* The NASA space shuttle ''Challenger'' explodes shortly after launch, killing all seven crewmembers aboard. It is the first tragedy in the space shuttle program the worst disaster in the history of NASA to that date. | * The NASA space shuttle ''Challenger'' explodes shortly after launch, killing all seven crewmembers aboard. It is the first tragedy in the space shuttle program the worst disaster in the history of NASA to that date.<ref name=FSC>''Federation Spaceflight Chronology''</ref> | ||
* Goddard Moonbase becomes self-sufficient once its agricultural and hydroponics sections begin operations. | * Goddard Moonbase becomes self-sufficient once its agricultural and hydroponics sections begin operations.<ref name=FSC>''Federation Spaceflight Chronology''</ref> | ||
* Construction begins on a second and more sophisticated international space station in Terran orbit. Space Station Freedom is intended to be self-sufficient and a launching point for manned missions to other parts of the [[Sol]] System. | * Construction begins on a second and more sophisticated international space station in Terran orbit. Space Station Freedom is intended to be self-sufficient and a launching point for manned missions to other parts of the [[Sol]] System.<ref name=FSC>''Federation Spaceflight Chronology''</ref> | ||
* Both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) begin surveying the Sol System’s inner asteroid belt using a fleet of automated probes with an eye towards future mining operations. | * Both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) begin surveying the Sol System’s inner asteroid belt using a fleet of automated probes with an eye towards future mining operations.<ref name=FSC>''Federation Spaceflight Chronology''</ref> | ||
==Historical Events== | ==Historical Events== | ||
Revision as of 01:57, 20 December 2017
Campaign Timeline
- The NASA space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch, killing all seven crewmembers aboard. It is the first tragedy in the space shuttle program the worst disaster in the history of NASA to that date.[1]
- Goddard Moonbase becomes self-sufficient once its agricultural and hydroponics sections begin operations.[1]
- Construction begins on a second and more sophisticated international space station in Terran orbit. Space Station Freedom is intended to be self-sufficient and a launching point for manned missions to other parts of the Sol System.[1]
- Both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) begin surveying the Sol System’s inner asteroid belt using a fleet of automated probes with an eye towards future mining operations.[1]
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References
| 1985 | 20th century 1980s |
1987 |