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STS-75 press kit

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This is NASA's press kit for Space Shuttle mission STS-75, dated February 1996 and later edited by Richard W. Orloff. It covers Columbia's planned 13-day flight carrying the Italian Tethered Satellite System reflight (TSS-1R) and the third United States Microgravity Payload. The kit sets out launch and landing plans, abort modes, the timeline, payload weights, crew duties, the tether's science objectives and investigators, and crew biographies. It does not mention any unidentified objects.

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“Mission Control”13 pages

  • p. 10 …Flight Day 14 Flight Control System Checkout Reaction Control System Hot-Fire USMP-3 Deactivation Cabin…
  • p. 14 …Once microgravity experiments are running, most will be remotely controlled, a mode of operation known as…
  • p. 15 …TSS originally was flown on the Space Shuttle STS-46 mission launched in July 1992. TSS…
  • p. 16 …They will use a series of interdependent experiments -- conducted with electron guns and tether current-control…
  • p. 17 …Because of the unique interaction between the payload and the Shuttle, Mission Control in Houston is…
  • p. 19 …Payloads also serves as the liaison between Mission Control and the science investigators at Marshall, where…
  • p. 20 …Dynamics Functional Objectives During the deploy of TSS, several tests will be conducted to explore control…
  • p. 22 …Operations Area of Marshall's Spacelab Mission Operations Control watch preliminary data, awaiting their turn as…
  • p. 24 …MEPHISTO flew on both previous USMP missions. Analyses of samples produced on orbit are being conducted…
  • p. 31 …Recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Single Mission Air Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service…
  • p. 32 …1988); F-15 Pilot, 22TFS, CINCUSAFE Trophy; Mission Ready in the F-15 Eagle at Bitburg…
  • p. 37 …His work at Draper was geared strongly toward the design and integration of control systems for…
  • p. 39 …mission by assisting the Science Team for on-orbit operations at the Payload Operations Control Center…
Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 40
SHUTTLE FLIGHTS AS OF FEBRUARY 1996
74 TOTAL FLIGHTS OF THE SHUTTLE SYSTEM -- 49 SINCE RETURN TO FLIGHT
STS-70
07/13/95 - 07/22/95
STS-63
02/03/95 - 02/11/95
STS-64
09/09/94 - 09/20/94
STS-73
10/20/95 - 11/05/95
STS-60
02/03/94 - -2/11/94
STS-65
07/08/94 0 07/23/94
STS-51
09/12/93 - 09/22/93
STS-62
03/04/94 - 03/18/94
STS-56
04/08/83 - 04/17/93
STS-58
10/18/93 - 11/01/93
STS-53
12/02/92 - 12/09/92
STS-74
11/12/95 - 11/20/95
STS-55
04/26/93 - 05/06/93
STS-42
01/22/92 - 01/30/92
STS-71
06/27/95 - 07/07/95
STS-52
10/22/92 - 11/01/92
STS-48
09/12/91 - 09/18/91
STS-66
11/03/94 - 11/14/94
STS-50
06/25/92 - 07/09/92
STS-39
04/28/91 - 05/06/91
STS-46
07/31/92 - 08/08/92
STS-40
06/05/91 - 06/14/91
STS-41
10/06/90 - 10/10/90
STS-45
03/24/92 - 04/02/92
STS-35
12/02/90 - 12/10/90
STS-51L
01/28/86
STS-31
04/24/90 - 04/29/90
STS-44
11/24/91 - 12/01/91
STS-72
01/11/96 - 11/20/96
STS-32
01/09/90 - 01/20/90
STS-61A
10/30/85 - 11/06/85
STS-33
11/22/89 - 11/27/89
STS-43
08/02/91 - 08/11/91
STS-69
09/07/95 - 09/18/95
STS-28
08/08/89 - 08/13/89
STS-51F
07/29/85 - 08/06/85
STS-29
03/13/89 - 03/18/89
STS-37
04/05/91 - 04/11/91
STS-67
03/02/95 - 03/18/95
STS-61C
01/12/86 - 01/18/86
STS-51B
04/29/85 - 05/06/85
STS-26
09/29/88 - 10/03/88
STS-38
11/15/90 - 11/20/90
STS-68
09/30/94 - 10/11/94
STS-9
11/28/83 - 12/08/83
STS-41G
10/05/84 - 10/13/84
STS-51-I
08/27/85 - 09/03/85
STS-36
02/28/90 - 03/04/90
STS-59
04/09/94 – 04/20/94
STS-5
11/11/82 - 11/16/82
STS-41C
04/06/84 - 04/13/84
STS-51G
06/17/85 - 06/24/85
STS-34
10/18/89 - 10/23/89
STS-61
12/02/93 - 12/13/93
STS-4
06/27/82 - 07/04/82
STS-41B
02/03/84 - 02/11/84
STS-51D
04/12/85 - 04/19/85
STS-30
05/04/89 - 05/08/89
STS-57
06/21/93 - 07/01/93
STS-3
03/22/82 - 03/30/82
STS-8
08/30/83 - 09/05/83
STS-51C
01/24/85 - 01/27/85
STS-27
12/02/88 - 12/06/88
STS-54
01/13/93 - 01/19/93
STS-2
11/12/81 - 11/14/81
STS-7
06/18/83 - 06/24/83
STS-51A
11/08/84 - 11/16/84
STS-61B
11/26/85 - 12/03/85
STS-47
09/12/92 - 09/20/92
STS-1
04/12/81 - 04/14/81
STS-6
04/04/83 - 04/09/83
STS-41D
08/30/84 - 09/05/84
STS-51J
10/03/85 - 10/07/85
STS-49
05/07/92 - 05/16/92
OV-102
Columbia
(18 flights)
OV-099
Challenger
(10 flights)
OV-103
Discovery
(21 flights)
OV-104
Atlantis
(15 flights)
OV-105
Endeavour
(10 flights)

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