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    STS-52 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on October 22, 1992. Primary mission objectives were deployment of the Laser...
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    1985. He piloted mission STS-32 in 1990 and commanded missions STS-52 (1992), STS-63 (1995), STS-86 (1997), STS-102 (2001), and STS-113 (2002). The final...
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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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    Space Shuttle flights: mission STS-27 in 1988, mission STS-41 in 1990, which deployed the Ulysses probe, and mission STS-52 in 1992. He was the first member...
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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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  • 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-53 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in support of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was Discovery's 15th flight. The mission...
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    flown as a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-39 in 1991 and STS-52 in 1992. He had logged 436.3 hours in space. Most recently, Lacy...
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    2010). "STS-40". Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021. Ryba, Jeanne (March 31, 2010). "STS-52". Mission...
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    STS-40 (1991), STS-52 (1992), STS-67 (1995), STS-80 (1996), STS-96 (1999) Brent W. Jett, Jr. — STS-72 (1996), STS-81 (1997), STS-97 (2000), STS-115...
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    (CAPCOM) for Shuttle missions STS-27, STS-29, STS-30, STS-28, STS-34, STS-33, STS-32, STS-36, STS-31, STS-38, and STS-35. His duties included communication...
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    STS-42 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff was originally scheduled for 8:45 EST (13:45 UTC) on January 22, 1992...
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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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    1953), U.S. Navy (4 flights) STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992...
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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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    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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    Navy (6 flights) STS-32 Columbia — January 1990 — Pilot — Long Duration Exposure Facility retrieval, deployment of SYNCOM IV-F5 STS-52 Columbia — October...
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    ID 1976-039A, NORAD number 8820 LAGEOS 2, deployed 23 October 1992 from STS-52, NSSDC ID 1992-070B, NORAD number 22195 GEOS-3 PAGEOS Geodesy Post-glacial...
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    and Hartsfield approved of Walker, as did Hoffman of Garn after STS-51-D.: 40, 48, 50–52  The following list are people who were named as backup (also known...
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    Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-46". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-47". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-52". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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    STS-47 was NASA's 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission mainly involved...
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    flew onboard Space Shuttle Columbia as a payload specialist for Mission STS-52. During this mission, he performed a set of seven experiments known as CANEX-2...
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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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  • 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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    Carey (1 flight) STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission; Columbia's last successful flight) Stephen Frick (2 flights) STS-110 Atlantis...
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    STS Mir (Russian: Мир, lit. 'Peace') is a three-masted, full-rigged training ship, based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1987 at the Lenin...
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  • opera Nixon in China premiered. 1992 – Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52. 1997 – Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief...
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    STS-61-E was a NASA Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on 6 March 1986 using Columbia. It was canceled after the Challenger disaster. Columbia was...
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    to 70 cm in diameter, plus tile damages. STS-50 Columbia, 1992: Bipod ramp loss. 20×10×1 cm tile damage. STS-52 Columbia, 1992: Portion of bipod ramp, jackpad...
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