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    STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April...
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    mission specialist on STS-56 (April 8–17, 1993), was the pilot on STS-69 (September 7–18, 1995), and was the mission commander on STS-80 (November 19 to...
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    mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002. Her third...
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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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    the Space Shuttle Discovery: STS-42, the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 mission, flown in January 1992, and STS-56, the second Atmospheric Laboratory...
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    STS-41 (1990), STS-53 (1992), STS-65 (1994), STS-88 (1998) Charles Camarda — STS-114 (2005) Kenneth D. Cameron — STS-37 (1991), STS-56 (1993), STS-74...
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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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    1987.[citation needed] He flew on Space Shuttle missions STS-45 (1992), STS-56 (1993) and STS-63 (1995). In the last mission, he undertook a four-hour...
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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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    successfully at 08:56:28 EDT (12:56:28 UTC) on May 16, 2011, and landed for the final time on June 1, 2011. NASA announced the STS-134 crew on August...
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    STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter Discovery. It was the 25th flight...
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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-56". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-55". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-57". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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    corona. These missions were conducted as part of the larger STS-56, STS-69, STS-77, STS-87, and STS-95 mission objectives. She has worked as an educator, scientist...
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    onboard STS-72 included the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment (SSBUV-8) (previously flown on STS-34, STS-41, STS-43, STS-45, STS-56, STS-62...
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    space. He served as pilot on STS-37 (April 5–11, 1991), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-56 (April 9–17, 1993) and STS-74 (November 12–20, 1995)....
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    the mission. His second spaceflight was STS-134, which launched on May 16, 2011, and landed on June 1, 2011. STS-134 was the penultimate Space Shuttle flight...
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    (5 flights) STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist) STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) STS-80 Columbia...
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    Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-48. Later the cameras were flown on several other Shuttle missions including STS-44, 45, 42, 49, 53, 56 and 61. Although the...
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    STS-55, or Deutschland 2 (D-2), was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational...
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    STS-49 was NASA's maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched on May 7, 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve...
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    STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery and launched from Kennedy Space Center,...
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  • 12, 1986) STS-34 (October 18, 1989) STS-46 (July 31, 1992) STS-60 (February 3, 1994) STS-75 (February 22, 1996) STS-91 (June 2, 1998) STS-111 (June 5...
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    STS-54 was a NASA Space Transportation System (Space Shuttle) mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour. This was the third flight for Endeavour, and was...
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    LITENING AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk AN/AAQ-33 Sniper XR AN/AVQ-26 Pave Tack PDLCT STS-55 STS-56 Thales Damoclès Thales TALIOS TIALD TX-S55 TX-S56 WMD-7 UOMZ Sapsan-E...
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    Oswald (born 1951), U.S. Navy (3 flights) STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric...
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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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    region. The Aleutians seen from space Image of the islands taken by the STS-56 crew. Amlia Island is visible in the upper left of the photo, while the...
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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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