STS-34
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STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 23, 1989. It was also the first shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster to have two female astronauts on board. During the mission, the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe was deployed into space.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-34
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-34STS-34
- Spaceflight.image
- Galileo Deployment (high res).jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Galileo and its Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) in the payload bay of Atlantis
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Galileo spacecraft deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 79
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (12:53:40pmEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (9:33amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway23
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 34.33°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.60 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission summary
- Payload and experiments
- Wake-up calls
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 23, 1989. It was also the first shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster to have two female astronauts on board. During the mission, the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe was deployed into space.
== Crew ==
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