STS-44

**STS-44**
Organization	NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type	Human Crew
Launch date	November 24, 1991
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)

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[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

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[edit] 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

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