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Space Shuttle
Flight Details 5
STS-43 (Atlantis)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The primary objective of this 9-day mission was to deploy the fifth TDRS data relay satellite. The crew also conducted a series of life science experiments on the effects of weightlessness, continuing efforts begun during the STS-40 mission. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center.
STS-48 (Discovery)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The shuttle Discovery lifted-off shortly after sunset on what was dubbed as the first flight in the Mission to Planet Earth. The main objective of the flight was the deployment of UARS, which will study the Earth's atmosphere with special emphasis on the ozone layer. Among other experiments conducted during the mission, the crew assembled a truss structure to study alternative methods for future space station construction. The flight was planned to end in the first night landing at Kennedy Space Center. However, bad weather in Florida resulted in a shift to Edwards AFB.
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Mission Highlights: The last shuttle mission of 1991 was a dedicated military mission. The shuttle crew deployed a missile early warning satellite (MEWS) and then spent the rest of the 7 days in orbit conducting a variety of medical and physiological experiments. The mission was originally planned to last 10 days and end with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center. However, a malfunction in one of three inertial guidance units forced an early (non-emergency) landing at Edwards AFB.
STS-42 (Discovery)Mission Statistics:
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Mission Highlights: The Discovery's crew included two non-American payload specialists, Germany's Merbold and Canada's Bondar, the first Canadian woman in space. The crew worked in two 12-hour shifts to conduct a variety of microgravity and material processing experiments aboard the International Microgravity Lab (IML), which was a special configuration of the Spacelab module. Experiments from 15 different countries were included aboard the lab. Discovery landed at Edwards AFB.
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Mission Highlights: The mission of Atlantis was to conduct a variety of Earth atmospheric studies using the ATLAS experiment package in the shuttle's payload bay. Although there were some problems with batteries in one or two of the experiments, the mission was successful in collecting valuable data on the Earth's atmosphere that could help scientsts study the problems of ozone depletion and global warming. Among the crew was the first Belgian to fly in space, astronaut Frimont. The mission was extended by 1 day to allow additional observation time. Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Mission Highlights: This mission was the maiden flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, the replacement for the Challenger. The flight included an American record of four space walks, including the longest ever space walk of 8 1/2 hours, the first space walk by more than two persons, and the second space walk by an American woman. After the first two unsuccessful space walk attempts by Thout and Hieb to capture the INTELSAT, on the third space walk Thout, Hieb, and Akers manually grabbed the satellite and then proceeded to attach a replacement booster rocket that was brought into orbit in the payload bay. During the fourth space walk, Akers and Thornton conducted experiments on techniques to be used for future space station construction. Upon landing at Edwards AFB, Endeavour released a drag chute, a new addition that allows for shorter landing distances.
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Mission Highlights: This flight was the longest for a space shuttle mission and the longest American space flight since Skylab 3 in 1973. The purpose of the mission was to conduct a large variety of microgravity experiments in the USML 1 Spacelab module. These experiments included tests of possible drugs for treating cancer and AIDS and on the effects of weightlessness on space travellers. The shuttle landed at Kennedy Space Center.
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Mission Highlights: After successfully deploying the European Space Agency's Eureca scientific satellite, the astronauts turned to the main mission of deploying the American/Italian Tethered Satellite. However, this proved to be a frustrating effort that eventually had to be abandoned. A malfunction in the cable reel mechanism jammed when the satellite was only deployed about 800 feet of the planned 12 miles. The purpose of the Tethered Satellite experiment was to test the ability of such a satellite to produce electricity by friction with charged particles in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Even the limited deployment produced some electricity, showing that the concept was sound. Also, the dynamics of keeping the tether stable proved to be easier than expected. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center.
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Mission Highlights: On Endeavour's second flight, a joint American/Japanese Spacelab mission was flown. The crew worked in two 12-hour shifts, conducting a variety of life science, microgravity, and technology experiments. The crew included the first professional Japanese astronaut to fly in space (a Japanese newsman flew on Soyuz TM-11) and the first husband and wife team, Mark Lee and Jan Davis. The crew also included the first black woman in space, Mae Jameson. After a very successful mission, Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center.
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