Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/2008 Fortnight 19


 * …that twelve Space Shuttle missions were flown as part of the Shuttle-Mir programme?
 * …that communication between the International Space Station and ground controllers is provided mainly by Russian Luch and US TDRS satellites?
 * …that the N-I and N-II (pictured) were Japanese licence-produced versions of the US Delta rocket?