STS-45

STS -45 (English Space Transportation System) is a mission name for the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis NASA. The launch took place on 24 March 1992. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Team

  • Charles Bolden ( 3 Space ), Commander
  • Brian Duffy ( 1 space flight), Pilot
  • Kathryn Sullivan ( third space flight ), Mission Specialist
  • David Leestma ( third space flight), Mission Specialist
  • Michael Foale ( first space flight), Mission Specialist
  • Byron Lichtenberg ( second space flight), Payload Specialist
  • Dirk Frimout ( first space flight), Payload Specialist (Belgium )

Replacement

Originally Michael Lampton was provided for this flight, but was replaced for medical reasons by Frimout. In addition, nor was Charles Chappell reserve payload specialist.

Mission overview

Originally, the space shuttle Atlantis was to leave on 23 March 1992. One occurred during refueling excessive fuel concentration ( liquid hydrogen and oxygen ) in Orbiterheck enforced a 24 -hour shift. The engineers went assume that the problem with the thermal loads on the fuel lines was related, because the troubleshooting had not given any leakage. The preparations for the start of the next day ran smoothly.

The mission carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science ( ATLAS -1) on two Spacelab pallets in the cargo bay of the shuttle. The installed in the payload bay cargo consisted of twelve instruments from the U.S., France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan. There have been studies in the areas of atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy. Other research projects have included the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment ( SSBUV ) and the Get Away Special Experiment ( GAS ).

The landing took place on April 2 at 11:23 UTC on the runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center. The mission lasted a day longer than planned in order to continue scientific experiments can.

International Designator Orbital inclination STS-42 STS-49 Brian Duffy (astronaut) List of space shuttle missions List of human spaceflights STS-1 STS-2 STS-3 STS-4 STS-5 STS-6 STS-7 STS-8 STS-9 STS-41-B STS-41-C STS-41-D STS-41-G STS-51-A STS-51-C STS-51-D STS-51-B STS-51-G STS-51-F STS-51-I STS-51-J STS-61-B STS-61-C STS-26 STS-27 STS-29 STS-30 STS-28 STS-34 STS-33 STS-32 STS-36 STS-31 STS-41 STS-38 STS-35 STS-37 STS-39 STS-40 STS-43 STS-48 STS-44 STS-50 STS-46 STS-47 STS-52 STS-53 STS-54 STS-56 STS-57 STS-51 STS-58 STS-61 STS-60 STS-62 STS-59 STS-65 STS-64 STS-68 STS-66 STS-63 STS-67 STS-71 STS-70 STS-69 STS-73 STS-74 STS-72 STS-75 STS-76 STS-77 STS-78 STS-79 STS-80 STS-81 STS-82 STS-83 STS-84 STS-94 STS-85 STS-86 STS-87 STS-89 STS-90 STS-91 STS-95 STS-88 STS-96 STS-93 STS-103 STS-101 STS-106 STS-92 STS-97 STS-98 STS-102 STS-100 STS-104 STS-105 STS-108 STS-109 STS-110 STS-111 STS-112 STS-113 STS-107 STS-114 STS-121 STS-115 STS-116 STS-117 STS-118 STS-120 STS-122 STS-123 STS-124 STS-126 STS-119 STS-125 STS-127 STS-128 STS-129 STS-130 STS-131 STS-132 STS-133 STS-134 STS-135 STS-400
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