STS-44

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STS-44
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date November 24, 1991 (1991-11-24)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1991-080A
Inclination 28.45 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 21795
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 20242 kg
Payload Mass Down 3186.36 kg
Orbiter Atlantis
Lift Off Mass 2,057,396.36 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 118,013.18 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 88,102.27 kg
Landed Runway 05 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth 109
Orbital Altitude 195 nautical miles (225 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Frederick D. Gregory
  • Pilot: Terrence T. Henricks
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: F. Story Musgrave
    • Mission Specialist 2: Mario Runco Jr.
    • Mission Specialist 3: James S. Voss
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1: Thomas J. Hennen
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS-44 was the tenth shuttle Atlantis flight. On board were Asrtonauts Frederick Gregory, Terence Henricks, Story Musgrave, Mario Runco, James Voss, and Thomas Hennen. This was a dedicated mission for the US Department of Defense to gather data for their programs. The Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite was deployed. The Cargo bay and middeck payloadsincluded: Interim Operational Contamination Monitor(IOCM); Terra Scout; Military Man in Space (M88-1); Air Force Maui Optical System (AMOS); Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM); Shuttle Activation Monitor (SAM); Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RME III); Visual Function Tester-1 (VFT-1); Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI). Bioreactor Flow and Particle Trajectory experiment; and Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project, a series of investigations in support of Extended Duration Orbiter. The mission was shortened when an inertial measurement unit failed on the sixth day of the mission. The mission duration was 166 hours 52 minutes 27 seconds.


EVA

Payload

Defense Support Program satellite/Inertial Upper Stage; Interim Operational Contamination Monitor; Terra Scout; Military Man in Space; Shuttle Activation Monitor; Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor; Radiation Monitoring Equipment Ill; Air Force Maui Optical Site Calibration Test; Ultraviolet Plume Instrument; Visual Function Tester 1


Mission patch:

Books about the Space Shuttle Program