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Kathryn C. Thornton
Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton (Ph.D.) (born August 17, 1952 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. She is currently the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in the University of...
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STS-33
STS-33 was the fifth space shuttle mission for the Department of Defense. Due to the nature of this mission, specific details are classified. The Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, KSC, on November 22, 1989 at 7:23 p.m...
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- Space Shuttle program
- x Astronauts (if manned):
- Frederick D. Gregory,
- Story Musgrave,
- Sonny Carter,
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- Story Musgrave,
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STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve the Intelsat VI satellite, which failed to leave low earth orbit two years before, attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it...
- x Space program:
- Space Shuttle program
- x Astronauts (if manned):
- Richard Hieb,
- Daniel Brandenstein,
- Kevin P. Chilton,
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- Daniel Brandenstein,
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STS-61
STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission launched on December 2, 1993 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
With its very heavy workload, the STS-61 mission was...
- x Space program:
- Space Shuttle program
- x Astronauts (if manned):
- Story Musgrave,
- Ken Bowersox,
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman,
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- Ken Bowersox,
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STS-73
STS-73 was a Space Shuttle program mission, during October-November 1995. The mission was the second mission for the United States Microgravity Laboratory. The crew, who spent 16 days in space, were broken up into 2 teams, the red team and the blue...
- x Space program:
- Space Shuttle program
- x Astronauts (if manned):
- Michael Lopez-Alegria,
- Ken Bowersox,
- Kent Rominger,
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- Ken Bowersox,
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