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STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission dedicated to servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. As the first servicing flight for the telescope, the crew conducted a series of spacewalks to install the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR). This hardware successfully...
STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, launched on April 12, 1981, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission was crewed by Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen, who orbited the Earth 37 times over the course of 54.5 hours...
The Space Shuttle Discovery represents a pivotal era in American space exploration. This NASA orbiter undertook 39 missions between 1984 and 2011, most notably deploying the Hubble Space Telescope. It served as a vital component of the Space Shuttle program, facilitating scientific research and sate...
Badminton is a racquet sport played with a shuttlecock across a net on a rectangular court. It can be played as singles or doubles and is governed internationally by the BWF. The modern game developed in British India in the 19th century and has been a full-medal Summer Olympic sport since the 1992...
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired NASA orbiter that completed 33 space missions during its operational lifetime from 1985 to 2011. It was the final orbiter to fly in the Space Shuttle program, executing the STS-135 mission in July 2011. Over its career, Atlantis made significant contributions to s...
The Space Shuttle STS-1 mission marked America’s first crewed launch of the Space Shuttle program. This historic flight in April 1981 utilized Columbia, testing critical systems and demonstrating the orbiter's capabilities. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen piloted the shuttle through an orbi...
Atlantis STS-135 was the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, launched in July 2011. Commanded by Christopher Ferguson, the crew utilized the Space Shuttle Atlantis to deliver supplies, logistics, and spare parts to the International Space Station. The payload included the Multi-...
Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired NASA orbiter that served as the fifth and final operational vehicle in the Space Shuttle fleet. Commissioned in 1987 to replace the lost Space Shuttle Challenger, it was constructed using structural spares and completed its first flight, STS-49, in May 1992. Over...
The BWF World Badminton Championships is a premier international badminton tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation. First held in 1977, the event annually brings together top-ranked players to compete for the title of world champion in five distinct disciplines: men's singles, women's...
Joe Engle was an American test pilot and NASA astronaut who flew the North American X-15 rocket plane above 50 miles on three separate flights, qualifying him for USAF astronaut wings. He later commanded the Space Shuttle *Columbia* on its second orbital flight (STS-2) in 1981, making him the only p...
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was the first operational orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet and conducted the program's maiden voyage on April 12, 1981, when the STS-1 mission crewed by John Young and Robert Crippen reached orbit. It flew 28 missions over 22 years, carrying the first commercial...
Buran was a Soviet reusable spaceplane developed as a counterpart to the United States Space Shuttle program. It completed its first and only orbital flight in November 1988, launching uncrewed atop an Energia rocket. The mission successfully demonstrated automated flight capabilities, including a p...
Space Shuttle Enterprise was NASA's first completed Space Shuttle orbiter and was built as a test vehicle rather than an operational spacecraft. In 1977 it performed captive and free-flight Approach and Landing Tests after being carried aloft by a modified Boeing 747, demonstrating the shuttle's low...
Crossminton is a no-net racquet sport invented in Berlin in 2001 by Bill Brandes and renamed from speed badminton in 2016.
The Challenger is a 2013 BBC and Science Channel TV drama by James Hawes, notable for dramatizing Richard Feynman's probe of the 1986 shuttle disaster.
AirBadminton is BWF's outdoor badminton variant, launched in 2019 with the wind-resistant AirShuttle for sand, grass, and hard courts.
Space Shuttle orbiter that first flew in 1983 and was destroyed 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986, killing all seven crew members aboard.
Tambourelli is a Scottish court game invented in Galloway in the 1970s, notable for using tambourine-like bats and a shuttlecock.
Columbia STS-107 was a 2003 NASA microgravity research mission that ended in disaster when the shuttle disintegrated upon atmospheric reentry, killing all seven astronauts.
Challenger STS-51-L was a 1986 NASA mission that ended tragically when the space shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff, resulting in the death of all seven crew members.
