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STS-9 (also referred to Spacelab 1) [1] was the ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the sixth mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on November 28, 1983, the ten-day mission carried the first Spacelab laboratory module into orbit.
For example, the STS-116 rescue mission was branded STS-317, because the normal mission scheduled after STS-116 was STS-117. Should the rescue mission have been needed, the crew and vehicle for STS-117 would assume the rescue mission profile and become STS-317. All potential rescue missions were to be launched with a crew of four, and would ...
Mission Shuttle Duration Commander Pilot Mission specialists Payload specialists 74 January 11 1996 STS-72: Endeavour: 8 d 22 h Duffy: Jett: Chiao: Barry: Scott: Wakata: 75 February 22 1996 STS-75: Columbia: 15 d 17 h A. Allen: Horowitz: Hoffman: Cheli: Nicollier: Chang-Diaz: Guidoni: 76 March 22 1996 STS-76: Atlantis: 9 d 5 h Chilton: Searfoss ...
STS-121: Transferred to Expedition 14 14: Mikhail Tyurin Michael López-Alegría: 18 September 2006 04:09 Soyuz TMA-9: 21 April 2007 12:31 Soyuz TMA-9: 215.35 Thomas Reiter: Transferred from Expedition 13 21 December 2006 22:32 STS-116: 171.16 Sunita Williams: 10 December 2006 01:47 STS-116: Transferred to Expedition 15 15: Oleg Kotov Fyodor ...
The crew of five were to consist of three NASA astronauts and two European payload specialists. The mission was to last seven days. This first Spacelab mission was later launched as STS-9 in November 1983. STS-12 30 January 1981 Columbia: Edwards: The crew of three were to place the satellites TDRS-C and Anik-C2 into orbit during the 2-day mission.
III–264 Most missions involved staying in orbit several days to two weeks, although longer missions were possible with the Extended Duration Orbiter pallet. [24]: III–86 The 17 day 15 hour STS-80 mission was the longest Space Shuttle mission duration. [24]: III–238
s. shuttle–mir program; sts-1; sts-2; sts-3; sts-4; sts-5; sts-6; sts-7; sts-8; sts-9; sts-26; sts-27; sts-28; sts-29; sts-30; sts-31; sts-32; sts-33; sts-34; sts ...
Space Shuttle Atlantis takes flight on the STS-27 mission on December 2, 1988. The Shuttle took about 8.5 minutes to accelerate to a speed of over 27,000 km/h (17000 mph) and achieve orbit. A drag chute is deployed by Endeavour as it completes a mission of almost 17 days in space on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California ...