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2000

Episode 190: STS-97 - Ratcheting Up the Tension (ISS 4A: P6)
On STS-97 the Space Shuttle is delivering its heaviest ISS payload yet: the P6 truss. We’ll climb high above the payload bay, consider some strange analogies, and both slack off and tense up. [Click for more..]
Episode 189: STS-92 - Over and Under (ISS 3A: Z1 and PMA-3)
After a long wait for the crew (and audience!) STS-92 is finally here. We’ll be delivering the heart of the ISS external structure, the Z1 truss, as well as a new docking port, PMA-3. [Click for more..]
Episode 188: STS-106 - 2A or Not 2b (ISS Resupply 2A.2b)
On STS-106, we finally get to meet Zvezda, the Russian service module for the International Space Station. We also meet some new faces, decrypt some mission designations, move a bunch of equipment, and perform an EVA that may or may not be a milestone. [Click for more..]
Episode 186: STS-101 - Screens and Stations (ISS Resupply 2A.2a)
On STS-101 we’ve got a slick new cockpit to show off, a pile of launch delays, a ton or two of new equipment and supplies and some floppy disks in the payload bay. [Click for more..]
Episode 185: STS-99 - Here Comes The Boom (SRTM)
On STS-99 we’ll be studying the Earth in a whole new dimension, using fancy radar tricks to scan nearly the entire planet in 3D! Close and lock your visors and put on your 3D glasses now! [Click for more..]
Episode 179: Phase One Done (Shuttle-Mir Retrospective)
With the end of the Shuttle-Mir program upon us, we take a quick look back at how it started, what happened during it, and what the ultimate fate of Mir was. [Click for more..]