Sep 12 1992
From The Space Library
The Space Shuttle Endeavour roared into orbit on September 12 on a history-making seven-day mission. It carried the first married couple, Mark Lee and Jan Davis; the first Black woman, Mae C. Jemison; and the first Japanese person, Mamoru Mohri; to fly on a U.S. spacecraft. It also carried fish, frogs, hornets, flies, and fertilized chicken eggs, all subjects of the research mission. Endeavour's flight was also the first U.S. space mission devoted to Japanese research. Japan supplied 34 of the 43 Spacelab experiments, the United States seven, and two were shared. Japan contributed $90 million of the estimated $363 million cost of the flight. (CSM, Sept 14/92; W Post, Sept 13/92; W Times, Sept 13/92; NY Times, Sept 13/92; The Sun, Sept 13/92; P Inq, Sept 13/92; W Times, Sept 12/92; W Post, Sept 12/92; The Sun, Sept 12/92; C Trib, Sept 12/92;)
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