Tag: Glass

STS-101 Launches With 1st ‘Glass Cockpit’

On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first “glass cockpit.” This was one of several big upgrades that were made to the space shuttle before the mission STS-101. NASA called this new and improved version of Atlantis “the most updated space shuttle ever.” The new glass cockpit had 11 flat-panel, […]

Episode 111 —The Big Glass Wars

On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Dr. John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories. Welcome to the Big Glass Wars! That’s right, just when you thought you’d heard it all, turns out there’s hot competition among a few […]