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    STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space...
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    Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and robotic arm operator aboard STS-87. Her role in the flight caused some controversy due to the failed deployment...
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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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    flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia as part of the international mission STS-87. Kadenyuk held the rank of major general in the Ukrainian Air Force. He...
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    STS-70 (July 13–22, 1995) and STS-78 (June 20 to July 7, 1996), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-87 (November 19 to December 5, 1997) and STS-99...
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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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    and former NASA astronaut. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in...
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    STS-78 (1996), STS-87 (1997), STS-99 (2000) Wendy B. Lawrence — STS-67 (1995), STS-86, STS-91 (1998), STS-114 (2005) Mark C. Lee — STS-30 (1989), STS-47...
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    Kregel – STS-70, STS-78, STS-87, STS-99 Wendy Lawrence – STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, STS-114 Mark Lee – STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82 David Leestma – STS-41-G...
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    after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986. The mission, designated STS-107, was the twenty-eighth flight for the orbiter, the 113th flight of the...
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    selected for STS-133. Lindsey has flown five missions in space for NASA. He served as pilot of STS-87 (1997) and STS-95 (1998) and commander of STS-104 (2001)...
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    Spartan payload; it originally flew on the STS-56 mission in April 1993. On its previous mission, STS-87 in November 1997, Spartan developed problems...
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    Husband Pilot, STS-96 Discovery Commander, STS-107 Columbia† Steven Lindsey Pilot, STS-87 Columbia Pilot, STS-95 Discovery Commander, STS-104 Atlantis Commander...
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    STS-77, STS-97 Mamoru Mohri – mission specialist on STS-99 Steven MacLean – mission specialist on STS-115 Hans Schlegel – mission specialist on STS-122...
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    first spacecraft to be re-used after its first flight when it launched on STS-2 on November 12, 1981. As only the second full-scale orbiter to be manufactured...
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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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    STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January...
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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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    University of Colorado at Boulder. Doi flew as a mission specialist aboard STS-87 in 1997, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct...
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    Atlantis STS-97 Endeavour STS-115 Atlantis Kevin R. Kregel (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) STS-70 Discovery STS-78 Columbia STS-87 Columbia STS-99 Endeavour...
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  • and First Indian origin woman in Space. Died on the Columbia. STS-87 (November 19, 1997) STS-107 (January 16, 2003) 2 Sunita Williams September 19, 1965...
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    Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-85". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-86". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-87". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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    exchange. The shuttle's previous Mir missions were STS-71, STS-74, STS-76, STS-79, STS-81 and STS-84. Highlights of the 10-day mission include five days...
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    Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from the 1969 plan led by U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew for a system...
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    times greater. Brownian tree Monocrystalline whisker Patterns in nature STS-87—Space Shuttle mission featuring the Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment...
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  • (1997-11-25). "STS-87 Day 7 Highlights". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. Retrieved 2009-03-10. Dumoulin, Jim (1997-12-03). "STS-87 Day 15 Highlights"...
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    Bernard A. Harris Jr during STS-63. The first EVA by a Japanese astronaut was made on November 25, 1997, by Takao Doi during STS-87. The first EVA by a Swiss...
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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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  • first member of the Japanese Astronaut Corps to fly was Mamoru Mohri aboard STS-47 in 1992. On 1 October 2003, three organizations were merged to form the...
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    space and therefore do not qualify as spaceflights. These were the fatal STS-51-L (Challenger disaster), and the non-fatal aborted Soyuz mission T-10a...
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