Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/2008 Fortnight 8


 * ...that engineers claim the Ares I rocket (pictured) would be more aerodynamically stable if flying backwards than in the normal direction?
 * ...that STS-80, a mission flown by the, lasted 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes and 18 seconds, making it the longest Shuttle mission to date?
 * ...that the Ocean Odyssey launch platform, used by Sea Launch, was originally built as an oil rig?