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Pictures: Space shuttle Endeavour missions

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<li> STS-49 -- Endeavour mission No. 1 (47th shuttle program mission overall)
<li> May 7-16, 1992
<li> Landing site: Edwards AFB, Calif.
<li> Crew: Daniel C. Brandenstein (4), Commander; Kevin P. Chilton (1), Pilot; Pierre J. Thuot (2), Mission Specialist 1; Kathryn C. Thornton (2), Mission Specialist 2; Richard J. Hieb (2), Mission Specialist 3; Thomas D. Akers (2), Mission Specialist 4; Bruce E. Melnick (2), Mission Specialist 5
<li> Of interest: Shuttle's active fleet back up to 4 orbiters. 
<!-- INTELSAT VI satellite, stranded in an unusable orbit since launch aboard a Titan vehicle in March 1990, was captured by crewmembers during an EVA (extravehicular activity) and equipped with a new motor, released into orbit and the new motor fired to put the spacecraft into a geosynchronous orbit for operational use. The efforts required three spacewalks while the mission included a fourth. --> The mission, Endeavour's first saw several other firsts: The first EVA involving three astronauts; first and second longest EVA to date: 8 hours and 29 minutes and 7 hours and 45 minutes; first shuttle mission to feature four EVAs; Longest total EVA time for a single shuttle mission: 25 hours and 27 minutes, or 59:23 person hours. Also, the landing featured the first use of a-drag chute on a shuttle.
<li> <a target="new" href="http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-49/mission-sts-49.html">More info from NASA</a>

STS-49 -- Endeavour mission No. 1 (47th shuttle program mission overall)

  • STS-49 -- Endeavour mission No. 1 (47th shuttle program mission overall)
  • May 7-16, 1992
  • Landing site: Edwards AFB, Calif.
  • Crew: Daniel C. Brandenstein (4), Commander; Kevin P. Chilton (1), Pilot; Pierre J. Thuot (2), Mission Specialist 1; Kathryn C. Thornton (2), Mission Specialist 2; Richard J. Hieb (2), Mission Specialist 3; Thomas D. Akers (2), Mission Specialist 4; Bruce E. Melnick (2), Mission Specialist 5
  • Of interest: Shuttle's active fleet back up to 4 orbiters. The mission, Endeavour's first saw several other firsts: The first EVA involving three astronauts; first and second longest EVA to date: 8 hours and 29 minutes and 7 hours and 45 minutes; first shuttle mission to feature four EVAs; Longest total EVA time for a single shuttle mission: 25 hours and 27 minutes, or 59:23 person hours. Also, the landing featured the first use of a-drag chute on a shuttle.
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