STS-37
Sign in to saveSTS-37, the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope. The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-37
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-37
- Spaceflight.image
- CGRO s37-96-010.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory after deployment, photographed from Atlantiss flight deck.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 93
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.crew_EVAs
- 2
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (9:22:45amEST)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (6:55:29amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway33
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 93.70 minutes
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Spacewalks
- Crew seat assignments
- Preparations and launch
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- Spacewalks
- Additional payloads and experiments
- Landing
- Mission insignia
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-37, the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope. The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
== Crew ==