STS-50

STS-50
Uppdrag48
RymdfärjaColumbia (12)[1]
NSSDC-ID1992-034A[2]
Färdens tid13 dagar, 19 timmar, 30 minuter, 4 sekunder
Uppskjutning
StartplatsStartplatta 39A vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida
Start25 juni 1992, 11:12:23 a.m. EDT
Landning
LandningsplatsKSC, Runway 33
Landning9 juli 1992, 6:42:27 a.m. EDT
Omloppsbana
Varv221 st[3]
Apogeum309 km
Perigeum302 km
Banlutning28,5°
Sträcka9,2 miljoner km
Besättning
BefälhavareRichard N. Richards (3)
PilotKenneth D. Bowersox (1)
UppdragsspecialisterEllen S. Baker (2)
Carl J. Meade (2)
NyttolastspecialisterBonnie J. Dunbar (3)
Lawrence J. DeLucas (1)
Eugene H. Trinh (1)
Kronologi
Rymdfärjeprogrammet
Föregående uppdragNästa uppdrag
STS-49 STS-46

STS-50 var den fyrtioåttonde flygningen i det amerikanska rymdfärjeprogrammet, den tolfte flygningen med rymdfärjan Columbia. Den sköts upp från Pad 39A vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida den 25 juni 1992. Efter nästan fjorton dagar i omloppsbana runt jorden återinträdde rymdfärjan i jordens atmosfär och landade vid Kennedy Space Center.

Se även

Referenser

  1. ^ NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive Arkiverad 16 februari 2010 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.
  2. ^ ”NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive” (på engelska). NASA. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1992-034A. Läst 19 mars 2020. 
  3. ^ Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts Arkiverad 1 april 2016 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.

Externa länkar

USA Rymdfärjan Columbia (OV-102)
Observera att numreringen på uppdragen inte följer varandra. Det beror på att numret tilldelas dem för den ordning uppdraget planerats att genomföras, inte den ordning det i slutändan genomfördes.

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Författare/Upphovsman: Pascal (Flickr user: pasukaru76), Licens: CC0
Vostok spacecraft replica at the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany.
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STS-49 Patch
  • STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, crew insignia (logo), the official insignia of the NASA STS-49 mission, captures space flight's spirit of exploration which has its origins in the early seagoing vessels that explored the uncharted reaches of Earth and its oceans. The ship depicted on the patch is HMS Endeavour, the sailing vessel which Captain James Cook commanded on his first scientific expedition to the South Pacific. Just as Captain Cook engaged in unprecedented feats of exploration during his voyage, on Endeavour's maiden flight, its crew will expand the horizons of space operations with an unprecedented rendezvous and series of three space walks. During three consecutive days of extravehicular activity (EVA), the crew will conduct one space walk to retrieve, repair and deploy the INTELSAT IV-F3 communications satellite, and two additional EVAs to evaluate the potential Space Station Freedom (SSF) assembly concepts. The flags flying on Endeavour's masts wear the colors of the two schools that won the nationwide contest when Endeavour was chosen as the name of NASA's newest Space Shuttle: Senatobia (Mississippi) Middle School and Tallulah Falls (Georgia) School The names of the STS-49 flight crewmembers are located around the edge of the patch. They are Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein, Pilot Kevin P. Chilton, Mission Specialist (MS) Pierre J. Thuot, MS Kathryn C. Thornton, MS Richard J. Hieb, MS Thomas D. Akers, and MS Bruce E. Melnick. Each crewmember contributed to the design of the insignia.
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STS-46 Mission Insignia

Designed by the crewmembers assigned to the flight, the STS-46 crew patch depicts the Space Shuttle Atlantis in orbit around Earth, accompanied by major payloads: the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and the Tethered Satellite System (TSS- l). In the depiction, EURECA has been activated and released, its antennae and solar arrays deployed, and it is about to start its ten- month scientific mission. The Tethered Satellite is linked to the orbiter by a 20-krn. tether. The purple beam emanating from an electron generator in the payload bay spirals around Earth's magnetic field. Visible on Earth's surface are the United States of America and the thirteen-member countries of the European Space Agency (ESA), in particular, Italy -- partner with the USA in the TSS program. The American and Italian flags, as well as the ESA logo, further serve to illustrate the international character of STS-46.
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The STS-50 crew portrait includes (from left to right): Ellen S. Baker, mission specialist; Kenneth D. Bowersox, pilot; Bonnie J. Dunbar, payload commander; Richard N. Richards, commander; Carl J. Meade, mission specialist; Eugene H. Trinh, payload specialist; and Lawrence J. DeLucas, payload specialist. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on June 25, 1992 at 12:12:23 pm (EDT), the primary payload for the mission was the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1) featuring a pressurized Spacelab module.
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Emblem of Nasa's STS-50 mission.