STS-42
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Missionsnavn: | STS-42 | ||||
Rumagentur: | NASA | ||||
Rumfærge: | Discovery (14) | ||||
Antal besætningsmedlemmer: | 5 | ||||
Affyringsrampe: | LC-39A (KSC) | ||||
Opsendelse: | 22. januar 1992 | ||||
Landing: | 30. januar 1992 | ||||
Landet på: | Edwards Air Force Base | ||||
Varighed: | 8 døgn og 7 timer | ||||
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STS-42 (Space Transportation System-42) var rumfærgen Discovery 14. rumfærge-mission. Den blev opsendt d. 22. januar 1992 og vendte tilbage den 30. januar 1992.
Den primære nyttelast var Spacelab modulet International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1).
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Besætning
Ronald Grabe (kaptajn)
Stephen Oswald (pilot)
Norman Thagard (1. missionsspecialist)
David Hilmers (2. missionsspecialist)
William Readdy (3. missionsspecialist)
Roberta Bondar (1. nyttelast-specialist)
Ulf Merbold (2. nyttelast-specialist) ESA
Missionen
Missionen medbragte følgende nyttelast:
- Spacelab
- International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1)
- 10 x Get Away Special (GAS)
- 2 x Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP)
- Microgravity research] (GOSAMR)
- Investigations into Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP)
- Radiation Monitoring Experiment (RME-III).
Eksterne henvisninger
- STS-42 NASA (engelsk)
- STS-42Arkiveret 19. september 2012 hos Wayback Machine NASA KSC (engelsk)
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STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad at 9:52:33 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). OV-103, riding atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), is clears the fixed service structure (FSS) tower. The retracted rotating service structure (RSS) appears in the foreground. An exhaust cloud fills the launch pad area.
View of Discovery's payload bay showing Spacelab on STS-42.
STS-42 International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) spacelab (SL) module and SL tunnel (foreground) exteriors are documented in the payload bay (PLB) of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, and backdropped against the Red Sea and part of the Sinai Peninsula.
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STS-42 Mission Insignia
STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, main landing gear (MLG) rolls over concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California, after touchdown at 8:07:18 am (Pacific Standard Time (PST)). The deployed nose landing gear (NLG) glides above the runway before touchdown and wheel stop. EAFB and Dryden Flight Research Facility (DFRF) buildings and hangars appear in the background.
STS-44 Mission Insignia
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Rotated and color enhanced version of original (ISS013-E-48788 (6 July 2006) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station for docking but before the link-up occurred, the orbiter "posed" for a thorough series of inspection photos. Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module can be seen in the shuttle's cargo bay. Discovery docked at the station's Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 at 9:52 a.m. CDT, July 6, 2006.)
The STS-42 crew portrait includes from left to right: Stephen S. Oswald, pilot; Roberta L. Bondar, payload specialist 1; Norman E. Thagard, mission specialist 1; Ronald J. Grabe, commander; David C. Hilmers, mission specialist 2; Ulf D. Merbold, payload specialist 2 and William F. Readdy, mission specialist 3. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on January 22, 1992 at 9:52:33 am (EST), the STS-41 served as the International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (ML-1 ) mission.