Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology, 1997–2011 Volume 2

This second volume of "Walking to Olympus" spans the period from the end of the Shuttle-Mir Program in 1997 to the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. It includes spacewalks performed by American and European astronauts, the Russian/Soviet cosmonauts and the taikonauts of the People’s Republic of China. This period includes the building of the International Space Station, the servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope and the STS-107 Columbia accident. The second EVA (extravehicular activity) chronology follows the 50th anniversary of the first EVA and the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope.
The phrase “Walking to Olympus” is a symbolic expression of humans landing on Mars, exploring the planet, including Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system. EVAs are the crux of human spaceflight and exploration.
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