| STS-58: Life sciences research for Earth and spaceflight |
Date: October 18, 1993
Duration: 23 min
The second flight of the Spacelab Life Sciences laboratory module aboard shuttle Columbia took place in October 1993. The STS-58 astronauts and critters in the lab were the subjects of experiments and tests aimed at benefiting life in space and on Earth. The crew explains the mission in this post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-51: Launching new generation of communications satellite technology |
Date: September 12, 1993
Duration: 25 min 25 sec
Narrating a highlights film from their STS-51 mission, the shuttle astronauts from Discovery's September 1993 flight describe launching the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite with its Transfer Orbit Stage plus the deployment and retrieval of the Shuttle Pallet Satellite carrying the German ORFEUS ultraviolet telescope. TV and IMAX cameras on the SPAS craft provide stunning views of the shuttle. A spacewalk also occurs to test tools and procedures for the upcoming first servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. |  |
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| STS-57: Picking up a European satellite and the debut of Spacehab |
Date: June 21, 1993
Duration: 21 min 29 sec
After nearly a year in space, the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite was plucked from orbit and stowed aboard shuttle Endeavour for return to Earth during STS-57. The June 1993 mission also featured the first flight of the commercial Spacehab module outfitted with a range of microgravity experiments for the crew to use. A spacewalk to demonstrate working on the end of the shuttle robot arm was performed as well. The astronauts tell the story of the mission in this movie.
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| STS-55: Second trip for German lab |
Date: April 26, 1993
Duration: 20 min 33 sec
After an initial countdown was scrubbed at the last moment by a dramatic shutdown of the main engines, Columbia rocketed to orbit in May 1993 for the second German flight of Spacelab. The international crew narrates the highlights of STS-55 in this post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-56: Watching the Sun and Earth |
Date: April 8, 1993
Duration: 20 min 14 sec
Working in two shifts around the clock, the astronauts of shuttle mission STS-56 conducted extensive observations of the Earth's atmosphere using the ATLAS 2 payload in the spring of 1993. The SPARTAN Sun-studying satellite was deployed and then retrieved during Discovery's flight too. The crew narrates the highlights in this presentation. |  |
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| STS-54: Crew releases communications satellite and toys in space |
Date: January 13, 1993
Duration: 21 min 8 sec
Space shuttle Endeavour lofted another Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into orbit for NASA during a January 1993 mission. An Inertial Upper Stage boosted the craft toward geosynchronous orbit. Other highlights from STS-54 included a mobility-testing spacewalk and an educational project to demonstrate the physics behind toys in space. The crew narrates this post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-52: Launching the LAGEOS |
Date: October 22, 1992
Duration: 16 min 56 sec
The Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS), a small ball-shaped spacecraft designed to help earthquake research by monitoring the movements of the Earth's crustal plates, was launched from space shuttle Columbia in October 1992. The crew of STS-52 narrate the highlights of the mission, which included Canadian and microgravity experiments. |  |
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| STS-47: America's 50th shuttle flight |
Date: September 12, 1992
Duration: 17 min 23 sec
The 50th flight of the space shuttle took place in September 1992. Endeavour's mission featured the Spacelab-J research module for Japan, as well as the first black female astronaut and the first married couple to fly together in space. The crew narrates the highlights in their post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-46: Unreeling the tethered satellite |
Date: July 31, 1992
Duration: 19 min 23 sec
Shuttle Atlantis' summer 1992 flight provided the chance to test a revolutionary payload -- the Tethered Satellite System. A snag in the tether prevented a small satellite from reeling miles away from the shuttle as planned, the partial deployment showed power generation using the shoelace-size tether could work. The STS-46 mission also released the European Retrievable Carrier spacecraft to begin a year-long stay in orbit. The astronauts narrate highlights from the flight in this movie. |  |
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| STS-50: Extending a shuttle's stay in space for science |
Date: June 25, 1992
Duration: 19 min 2 sec
Space shuttle Columbia carried the first United States Microgravity Laboratory during its summer 1992 flight to orbit. The Spacelab science expedition was the longest shuttle mission to date, thanks to the new Extended Duration Orbiter equipment flown for the first time. The crew of STS-50 narrate the highlights in this post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-49: Spacewalkers come to the rescue of stranded satellite |
Date: May 7, 1992
Duration: 22 min 36 sec
If at first you don't succeed, keep on trying. That is what the astronauts of space shuttle Endeavour's maiden voyage did in their difficult job of rescuing a wayward communications satellite. Spacewalkers were unable to retrieve the Intelsat 603 spacecraft, which had been stranded in a useless orbit during a botched Titan launch, during multiple attempts using a special capture bar. So the crew changed course and staged the first-ever three-man spacewalk to grab the satellite by hand. The craft was attached atop a rocket booster in the shuttle payload bay and then deployed to begin its mission. The STS-49 astronauts describe the mission and narrate highlights in this post-flight presentation. |  |
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| STS-45: Atlantis' Mission to Planet Earth research flight |
Date: March 24, 1992
Duration: 17 min 33 sec
Studying the atmosphere as part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth was the objective of shuttle Atlantis' STS-45 mission in March 1992. The crew narrates the post-flight highlights film to describe the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-1 (ATLAS-1) mission. |  |
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| STS-42: First international microgravity space laboratory |
Date: January 22, 1992
Duration: 20 min 23 sec
The astronauts from the first International Microgravity Laboratory-1 mission flown aboard shuttle Discovery in January 1992 narrate highlights from their 8-day science project in this post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-44: Satellite deployment mission for the U.S. military |
Date: November 24, 1991
Duration: 20 min 30 sec
In this narrated post-flight presentation, the crew of space shuttle Atlantis describe the highlights of mission STS-44. Launched in November 1991, the flight deployed a Defense Support Program missile detection satellite and its attached Inertial Upper Stage rocket motor, then conducted a host of experiments in the crew cabin. One of Atlantis guidance units failed in space, however, and cut the mission short. |  |
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| STS-48: Launching a new era in studying Earth's environment from space |
Date: September 12, 1991
Duration: 28 min 19 sec
With launch of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite from space shuttle Discovery in September 1991, a new era in studying Earth's environment from space began. The crew of STS-48 describes the mission in this post-flight film, which includes an beautiful nighttime flyover of the United States. |  |
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| STS-43: Expanding the TDRSS network |
Date: August 2, 1991
Duration: 29 min 37 sec
The nine-day flight of Atlantis in August 1991 featured deployment of the TDRS-E spacecraft for NASA's expanding Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System and a host of small science experiments aboard the space shuttle. The five-person crew narrates the highlights of STS-43 in this post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-40: Medical research performed in space laboratory |
Date: June 5, 1991
Duration: 19 min 9 sec
Astronauts, rodents and jellyfish were the subjects during extensive medical tests performed aboard the first Spacelab Life Sciences mission launched in June 1991 aboard shuttle Columbia. A space laboratory module riding in the payload bay housed the experiment facilities. The crew of STS-40 explain the mission in this post-flight film. |  |
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| STS-39: Shuttle Discovery stars in dramatic military maneuver show |
Date: April 28, 1991
Duration: 18 min 57 sec
Space shuttle Discovery's STS-39 flight, launched in April 1991, served as a research mission for the U.S. Department of Defense. An instrument-laden spacecraft for the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization was released to watch Discovery perform countless rocket firings and maneuvers, as well as canisters releasing clouds of gas. The crew tells the story of the mission in this post-flight film presentation. |  |
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| STS-37: Gamma Ray Observatory launched with help of spacewalkers |
Date: April 5, 1991
Duration: 25 min 40 sec
Seeking to study explosive forces across the universe, the Gamma Ray Observatory was launched aboard shuttle Atlantis in April 1991. But when the craft's communications antenna failed to unfold, spacewalking astronauts ventured outside the shuttle to save the day. The rescue EVA was followed by a planned spacewalk to test new equipment and techniques. The crew of STS-37 narrate this post-flight mission film. |  |
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| STS-35: ASTRO provides new insights into lifestyles of the galaxies |
Date: December 2, 1990
Duration: 18 min 10 sec
Loaded with a package of telescopes in its payload bay, shuttle Columbia soared into space for the first ASTRO mission in December 1990. The crew narrates this highlights film from the STS-35 mission in which the astronauts worked around the clock in two shifts to operate the observatory. The flight launched and then landed at night, and included the astronauts teaching from space.
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