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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 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
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