STS-32
Sign in to saveSTS-32 was the 33rd mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the ninth launch of . Launched on January 9, 1990, it marked the first use of Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A since 1986; it also marked the first use of Mobile Launcher Platform-3 (MLP-3) in the Space Shuttle program. STS-32 was, at the time, the longest shuttle mission yet conducted, with a duration of nearly 11 days. Before STS-32, the only mission of the same duration had been STS-9 in 1983. On January 20, 1990, STS-32 executed the third night landing of the shuttle program. STS-32 was also the first Shuttle mission o
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-32
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-32STS-32R
- Spaceflight.image
- 1990 s32 LDEF and Columbia over Namibia.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Columbia retrieves the Long Duration Exposure Facility.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Syncom IV-F5 satellite deploymentLDEF satellite retrieval
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 172
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (7:35amEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (1:35:36amPST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards Air Force Base, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 91.10 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Launch preparations
- Mission summary
- Mid-deck payloads
- Wake-up calls
- Mission insignia
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-32 was the 33rd mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the ninth launch of . Launched on January 9, 1990, it marked the first use of Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A since 1986; it also marked the first use of Mobile Launcher Platform-3 (MLP-3) in the Space Shuttle program. STS-32 was, at the time, the longest shuttle mission yet conducted, with a duration of nearly 11 days. Before STS-32, the only mission of the same duration had been STS-9 in 1983. On January 20, 1990, STS-32 executed the third night landing of the shuttle program. STS-32 was also the first Shuttle mission of the 1990s.
The mission was technically designated STS-32R, as the original STS-32 designator had been used internally for STS-61-C, the 24th Space Shuttle mission. Official documentation and flight paperwork for that mission had contained the designator STS-32 throughout. Flights with the STS-26 through STS-33 designators used the R in their documentation to avoid conflicts in tracking data from one mission to another.