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STS-131 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-133 - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-127 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-133 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-134 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour / STS-134 Mission

STS-120 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-129 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS088-S-006 (4 Dec. 1998) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour lights up the night sky as it embarks on the first mission dedicated to the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff occurred at 3:35:34 a.m. (EST), December 4, 1998, from Launch Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. Onboard were astronauts Robert D. Cabana, mission commander; Frederick W. Sturckow, pilot; Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross and James H. Newman, along with Russian Space Agency (RSA) cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, all mission specialists. sts088-s-006

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Space Shuttle Project, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Project, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Project, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Project, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Project, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

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STS-49, the first flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour, lifted off from launch pad 39B on May 7, 1992 at 6:40 pm CDT. The STS-49 mission was the first U.S. orbital flight to feature 4 extravehicular activities (EVAs), and the first flight to involve 3 crew members working simultaneously outside of the spacecraft. The primary objective was the capture and redeployment of the INTELSAT VI (F-3) which was stranded in an unusable orbit since its launch aboard the Titan rocket in March 1990.

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 49 endeavour launch msfc marshall space flight center projects space shuttle space shuttle liftoff high resolution first flight space shuttle orbiter endeavour space shuttle projects sts 49 mission flight orbit pm cdt extravehicular activities crew members intelsat vi titan rocket nasa
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07/05/1992
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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 Pm Cdt, Titan Rocket, Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour

S127E008438 - STS-127 - Marshburn and Cassidy during EVA-4

S103E5063 - STS-103 - Survey view of the HST prior to EVA 1

S49-74-094 - STS-049 - Earth observations taken during the STS-49 mission

S103E5088 - STS-103 - Survey view of HST taken prior to EVA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery touches down in darkness on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, bringing to a close the 10-day STS-82 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Main gear touchdown was at 3:32:26 a.m. EST on February 21, 1997. It was the ninth nighttime landing in the history of the Shuttle program and the 35th landing at KSC. The first landing opportunity at KSC was waved off because of low clouds in the area. The seven-member crew performed a record-tying five back-to-back extravehicular activities (EVAs) or spacewalks to service the telescope, which has been in orbit for nearly seven years. Two new scientific instruments were installed, replacing two outdated instruments. Five spacewalks also were performed on the first servicing mission, STS-61, in December 1993. Only four spacewalks were scheduled for STS-82, but a fifth one was added during the flight to install several thermal blankets over some aging insulation covering three HST compartments containing key data processing, electronics and scientific instrument telemetry packages. Crew members are Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz, Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, and Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner and Steven A. Hawley. STS-82 was the 82nd Space Shuttle flight and the second mission of 1997 KSC-97pc352

S103E5124 - STS-103 - Survey view of HST taken prior to EVA

STS103-701-052 - STS-103 - 3rd EVA - various views of Grunsfeld

S114E6881 - STS-114 - EVA 3 - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS109-318-034 - STS-109 - EVA 4 - installation of the Advanced Camera for Surveys

S49-91-028 - STS-049 - STS-49 crew captures INTELSAT VI above OV-105 payload bay (PLB) during EVA

U.S. Marines with Air Combat Element, Marine Rotational

S49-37-027 - STS-049 - Scenes of the single crewmember EVA INTELSAT capture attempt.

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sts 49 endeavour launch msfc marshall space flight center projects space shuttle space shuttle liftoff high resolution first flight space shuttle orbiter endeavour space shuttle projects sts 49 mission flight orbit pm cdt extravehicular activities crew members intelsat vi titan rocket nasa