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| Mission: | STS-45 |
| Shuttle: | Atlantis |
| Launch Pad: | 39-A |
| Launch: | March 24, l992, 8:13 a.m. EST. |
| Landing: | April 2, 1992, 6:23 a.m. EST, Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center. |
| Duration: | 8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes 28 seconds. |
| Orbit Altitude: | 160 nautical miles (296 km) |
| Orbit Inclination: | 57.0 degrees |
| Distance traveled: | 3,238,177 miles (5,211,340 km) |
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Crew
- Charles F. Bolden (3), Commander
- Brian Duffy (1), Pilot
- Kathyrn D. Sullivan (3), Payload Commander
- David C. Leestma (3), Mission Specialist 2
- C. Michael Foale (1), Mission Specialist 3
- Byron K. Lichtenberg (2), Payload Specialist 1
- Dirk D. Frimout (1), Payload Specialist 2
Mission Highlights
Carried first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) on Spacelab pallets mounted in orbiter's cargo bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with l2 instruments from the U.S., France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Japan, conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy. ATLAS-1 instruments were: Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS); Grille Spectrometer; Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS); Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO); Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions (ALAE); Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager (AEPI); Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC); Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR); Measurement of Solar Constant (SOLCON); Solar Spectrum (SOLSPEC); Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM); and Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST). Other payloads included Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) experiment, one Get Away Special (GAS) experiment and six mid-deck experiments.
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