STS-93

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STS-93 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for deploying the Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of NASA’s Great Observatories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Columbia mission ⓘ
NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
associatedObservatory Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
associatedProgram NASA Great Observatories ⓘ
commander Eileen Collins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewMember Catherine G. Coleman ⓘ
Eileen Collins ⓘ
Jeffrey S. Ashby ⓘ
Michel Tognini ⓘ
Steven A. Hawley ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
followedBy STS-99 ⓘ
internationalCrewMember Michel Tognini ⓘ
internationalPartnerAgency CNES ⓘ
isPartOf NASA Great Observatories program (via Chandra deployment) ⓘ
Space Shuttle program ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 1999-07-23 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
launchYear 1999 ⓘ
missionDuration 4 days ⓘ
about 4 days 22 hours ⓘ
missionNumber 93 ⓘ
missionObjective conduct science and technology experiments ⓘ
deploy Chandra X-ray Observatory into high elliptical orbit ⓘ
missionPatchDepicts Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
missionSpecialist Catherine G. Coleman ⓘ
Michel Tognini ⓘ
Steven A. Hawley ⓘ
notableFor deployment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
first Space Shuttle mission commanded by a woman ⓘ
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
orbitalInclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
orbiter Columbia ⓘ
orbiterVehicleDesignation OV-102 ⓘ
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit ⓘ
payload Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby ⓘ
precededBy STS-96 ⓘ
primaryPayload Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
shuttleProgramMissionNumber 95 ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ

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OV-102 → notableMission → STS-93 ⓘ
STS-96 → precededBy → STS-96 was preceded by STS-93 in the Space Shuttle flight sequence ⓘ
linked to: STS-93
Steve Hawley → spaceMission → STS-93 ⓘ
Steven A. Hawley → participantIn → Space Shuttle mission STS-93 ⓘ
linked to: STS-93
Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer → launchVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia STS-93 ⓘ
linked to: STS-93
HRC → launchVehicle → STS-93 ⓘ
LETGS → launchVehicleOfHost → Space Shuttle Columbia STS-93 ⓘ
linked to: STS-93
Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer → launchVehicle → Space Shuttle Columbia STS-93 ⓘ
linked to: STS-93
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars → featuresEvent → Space Shuttle Columbia STS-93 mission ⓘ
linked to: STS-93
Jeffrey S. Ashby → notableWork → STS-93 Chandra X-ray Observatory deployment ⓘ
linked to: STS-93