Title :
To low earth orbit and beyond
Abstract :
NASA has found itself curiously earthbound of late. Since it retired the space shuttles in 2011, the U.S. space agency has had to send astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Russian rockets.
Keywords :
Low earth orbit satellites; NASA; Satellites; Space missions; Space shuttles;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6701435
