Shuttle launch. Shuttle Endeavour seen from an aircraft climbing into the sky with its plume of smoke lit by the rising sun. The crew for this mission
Shuttle launch. Shuttle Endeavour seen from an aircraft climbing into the sky with its plume of smoke lit by the rising sun. The crew for this mission, STS-77, were: John H. Caspar, mission commander; Curtis L. Brown, pilot; Daniel W. Bursch, Mario Runco Jr., Andrew Thomas and Marc Garneau, all mission specialists. During this mission (19-28 May 1996), the crew performed a variety of tasks, including microgravity research in the Spacehab 4 module within the shuttle's cargo bay. They also deployed and retrieved the Spartan 207 satellite and made a rendezvous with the Passive Aerodynamically- Stabilised Magnetically-Damped Satellite (PAMS).
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