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    STS-73 was a Space Shuttle program mission, during October–November 1995, on board the Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission was the second mission for the...
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    Ken Bowersox (section STS-73)
    extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS-73 at the age of 38 years and 11 months, he became the youngest person to command...
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  • STS-59, STS-76 Michael Coats — STS-41-D, STS-29, STS-39 Kenneth Cockrell — STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111 Catherine Coleman — STS-73, STS-93...
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    Fred Weldon Leslie is an American scientist who flew on the NASA STS-73 Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist. Leslie was born on December 19,...
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    veteran of four space flights, Thornton flew on STS-33 in 1989, STS-49 in 1992, STS-61 in 1993, and STS-73 in 1995. She has logged over 975 hours in space...
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    Space Shuttle STS-80 (17 day 8 hour Shuttle mission) STS-78 (16 day 21 hour Shuttle mission) STS-73 (15 days 21 hours Shuttle mission) [1] STS-67 Mission...
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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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    as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on Shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sacco completed a B.S. degree in...
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    STS-7 (1983), STS-41-G (1984) Stephen Robinson — STS-85 (1997), STS-95 (1998), STS-114 (2005), STS-130 (2010) Kent Rominger — STS-73 (1995), STS-80...
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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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    1992 to join the NASA Astronaut Corps. In 1995, she was a member of the STS-73 crew on the scientific mission USML-2 with experiments including biotechnology...
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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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    missions (IML-1 on STS-42 and IML-2 on STS-65), the United States Microgravity Laboratory missions (USML-1 on STS-50 and USML-2 on STS-73), the Japanese Spacelab...
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    missions (IML-1 on STS-42 and IML-2 on STS-65), the United States Microgravity Laboratory missions (USML-1 on STS-50 and USML-2 on STS-73), the Japanese Spacelab...
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    were all as a STS Orbiter crew member, the highest total in this category. He flew as pilot on STS-73 in 1995, STS-80 in 1996 and STS-85 in 1997, and...
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    STS-51-L was the disastrous 25th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It was planned as the first...
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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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    flights) STS-73 Columbia STS-80 Columbia STS-85 Discovery STS-96 Discovery STS-100 Endeavour Daniel T. Barry (born 1953), Scientist (3 flights) STS-72 Endeavour...
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    STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC)...
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    mission, STS-51-L, was undertaken by Challenger. It was launched on January 28, 1986, ten days after STS-61-C had landed, and ended in disaster 73 seconds...
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    in-flight anomaly list – STS-1 through STS-71, STS-73 and STS-74 (5th revision). NASA. April 1996. hdl:2060/19960047214. STS-8 Press Information (PDF)...
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    STS-80 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia. The launch was originally scheduled for October 31, 1996, but was delayed to November...
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    Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-69". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-73". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-74". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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    1981 to 2011. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was...
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    STS-69 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission, and the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center...
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    source used in an early experiment on potato growth during Shuttle mission STS-73 to investigate the potential for growing food on future long duration missions...
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    Hammond was also assigned as Lead Ascent/Entry CAPCOM for missions STS-73 through STS-78. During the same period, Hammond served as the Branch Chief of...
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    Tyurin, Sunita Williams, and him. López-Alegría's first space mission was STS-73 in 1995; for several years afterwards he led NASA's International Space...
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    STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle–Mir program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted...
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    man and first American woman in space was 22 years between Freedom 7 and STS-7, respectively. For China, this interval was almost eight and a half years...
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