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The crew assigned to the STS-75 mission included (seated left to right) Scott J. Horowiz, pilot; Andrew M. Allen, commander; and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, mission specialist. Standing, left to right, are Maurizio Cheli, mission specialist of the European Space Agency (ESA); Umberto Guidoni, payload specialist (Italy); Jeffrey A. Hoffman, mission specialist; and Claude Nicollier, mission specialist (ESA). Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 22, 1996 at 3:18:00 pm (EST), the STS-75 mission carried two primary payloads; the reflight of the U.S./Italian Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R), and the U.S. Microgravity Payload-3 (USMP-3).

The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.

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sts 75 crew portrait horowiz allen chang diaz cheli guidoni hoffman nicollier msfc marshall space flight center projects space shuttle high resolution mission specialist sts 75 mission payload specialist space shuttle projects space shuttle columbia european space agency esa maurizio cheli umberto guidoni payloads claude nicollier satellite system microgravity payload 3 nasa
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01/12/1995
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Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, United States, 35808 ,  34.63076, -86.66505
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label_outline Explore Maurizio Cheli, Cheli, Umberto Guidoni

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sts 75 crew portrait horowiz allen chang diaz cheli guidoni hoffman nicollier msfc marshall space flight center projects space shuttle high resolution mission specialist sts 75 mission payload specialist space shuttle projects space shuttle columbia european space agency esa maurizio cheli umberto guidoni payloads claude nicollier satellite system microgravity payload 3 nasa