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    STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1983...
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    missions, STS-31, STS-35, STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 (1983), STS-51-F/Spacelab-2 (1985), STS-33 (1989), STS-44 (1991)...
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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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    The Cadillac STS (Seville Touring Sedan) is a mid-sized luxury 4-door sedan manufactured and marketed by General Motors from 2004 to 2011 for the 2005...
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    2019. Retrieved November 7, 2012. "30 Years Since STS-6: The Rise of the Challenger (Part 1)". April 6, 2013. Ware, Doug G. (January 28, 2016). "Engineer...
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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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    three different space shuttles across three different missions: STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J. Colonel Bobko was born on December 23, 1937, in Queens, New...
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    STS-5 was the fifth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on November 11, 1982, and landed five days...
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    STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September...
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    STS-7 was NASA's seventh Space Shuttle mission, and the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger. During the mission, Challenger deployed several...
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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-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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    STS-6 (1983), STS-51-D (1985), STS-51-J (1985) Eric A. Boe — STS-126 (2008), STS-133 (2011) Charles Bolden — STS-61-C (1985), STS-31 (1990), STS-45...
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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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  • March 2010. "STS-124A". Encyclopedia Astronautica. 17 November 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2010. "STS-125A". Encyclopedia...
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    T-7". Spacefacts. Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-5". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-6". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "Soyuz...
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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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    support systems) Missions: STS-6 (1983) to STS-110 (2002) Function: orbital extra-vehicular activity Operating pressure: 4.3 psi (29.6 kPa) EVA suit weight:...
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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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    STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the Columbia orbiter. Allen, Hoffman, Nicollier and Chang-Díaz had previously been members...
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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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    Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also commander of the STS-6 mission, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Paul J. Weitz...
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    STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle...
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    "Multilayer Insulation Material Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2023. "STS-6 Press Information" (PDF). Rockwell International – Space Transportation...
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    unchanged. The last SWT, flown on STS-7, weighed approximately 77,000 pounds (35,000 kg) inert. Beginning with the STS-6 mission, a lightweight ET (LWT)...
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    STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American...
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    STS-117 (ISS assembly flight 13A) was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, launched from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center on June...
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    became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 on board Challenger. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to...
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    States Navy, and astronaut who flew on Apollo 16 and Space Shuttle STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. Mattingly was scheduled to fly on the Apollo 13 mission...
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    Space Shuttle flights: as a mission specialist on STS-51-D and STS-40, and as a payload commander for STS-58, accumulating over 722 hours in space. On these...
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