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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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Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 7 STS-75 QUICK LOOK FACTS Launch Date/Site: February 22, 1996/KSC Launch Pad 39-B Launch Time: 3:18 PM EST Launch Window: 2 hours, 30 minutes Orbiter: Columbia (OV-102), 19th flight Orbit Altitude: 160 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.45 degrees Mission Duration: 13 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes Landing Date: March 7, 1996 Landing Time: 7:32 AM EST Primary Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Abort Landing Sites: Return to Launch Site - KSC Transoceanic Abort Sites - Ben Guerir, Morocco Moron, Spain Abort-Once Around - Edwards AFB, CA Crew: Andrew Allen, Commander (CDR) Scott Horowitz, Pilot (PLT) Jeff Hoffman, Mission Specialist 1 (MS 1) Maurizio Cheli, Mission Specialist 2 (MS 2) Claude Nicollier, Mission Specialist 3 (MS 3) Franklin Chang-Diaz, Mission Specialist 4 (MS 4) Umberto Guidoni, Payload Specialist 1 (PS 1) Shifts: Red Team: Horowitz, Cheli, Guidoni Blue Team: Nicollier, Chang-Diaz White Team: Allen, Hoffman (joins Blue team after TSS) EVA Crew (if needed): Franklin Chang-Diaz (EV 1), Claude Nicollier (EV 2) Cargo Bay Payloads: Tethered Satellite System USMP-3 OARE In-Cabin Payloads: Middeck Glovebox Commercial Protein Crystal Growth
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