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    STS-29 was the 28th NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery inserted a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) into Earth orbit...
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    executive management team of the United Services Automobile Association. STS-29 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using the Discovery. Launched on March...
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    mission contained the designator STS-27 throughout. As STS-51-L was designated STS-33, future flights with the STS-26 through STS-33 designators would require...
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    astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as...
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    veteran of three space flights, Coats flew on STS-41-D in 1984, STS-29 in 1989, and STS-39 in 1991. From May 1989 to March 1990, he served as Acting Chief...
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    reverification of the Shuttle prior to STS-26 return to flight status. He flew as a mission specialist on STS-29 in 1989, and STS-38 in 1990. Springer retired from...
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  • Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Karol...
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    STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98 Mae Jemison – STS-47 Tamara Jernigan – STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 Brent Jett – STS-72, STS-81, STS-97...
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    space — STS-29 (1989), STS-40 (1991) Ellen S. Baker — STS-34 (1989), STS-50 (1992), STS-71 (1995) Michael A. Baker — STS-43 (1991), STS-52 (1992), STS-68 (1994)...
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    participated in a 56-hour-long simulated mission known as STS-61-M(T) in 1987. The crew finally flew on STS-29, with Anna L. Fisher being replaced by James P. Bagian...
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    in orbit: STS-2 (equipment failure), STS-35 (weather), STS-44 (equipment failure), and STS-83 (equipment failure, relaunched as STS-94). STS-300 was the...
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    Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-27". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-29". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-30". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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    third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service...
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  • Manned Spaceflight (Reginald Turnill, 1978) and the first edition of the STS Flight Assignment Baseline, an internal NASA document published in October...
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    mission contained the designator STS-30 throughout. As STS-51-L was designated STS-33, future flights with the STS-26 through STS-33 designators would require...
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    STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This...
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  • STS-82, STS-103, STS-110 Fayetteville: Richard O. Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61 Little Rock: Scott E. Parazynski — STS-66, STS-86, STS-95...
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    considered the intense auroras to be associated with the Space Shuttle mission STS-29, which had been launched on March 13 at 9:57:00 a.m. The storm caused significant...
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    minutes, 32 seconds. He served as a mission specialist on STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, and STS-48. From March 1989 till May 1992 he also served as Deputy...
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    STS-135 (ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally...
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    STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first time that Columbia...
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    STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the 28th and final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission ended on February 1, 2003...
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    STS-41 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission had a primary objective of launching...
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  • (STS-29, STS-38) Kenneth D. Cameron (STS-37, STS-56, STS-74) Andrew M. Allen (STS-46, STS-62, STS-75) Terrence W. Wilcutt (STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106)...
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    Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on September 29, 1988, and landed four days later on October 3, 1988. STS-26 was declared the "Return to Flight" mission...
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  • Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue...
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    1986, STS-61-C) First Dutch citizen in space: Wubbo Ockels (October 30, 1985, STS-61-A) First Swiss astronaut: Claude Nicollier (July 31, 1992, STS-46)...
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    STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. STS-34 launched from...
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  • SLF was for mission STS-41B in 1984; landings were suspended at the site following brake damage and a blown tire during the STS-51D landing in 1985,...
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  • Thumbnail for Kathryn D. Sullivan
    her first mission, STS-41-G, Sullivan performed the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) by an American woman. On her second, STS-31, she helped deploy...
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