STS-26

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STS-26 was the 1988 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the program’s return to flight following the Challenger disaster.

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AI-generated illustration of STS-26

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of STS-26 (STS-26 was the 1988 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the program’s return to flight following the Challenger disaster.)

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Label Occurrences
STS-26 canonical 17

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
low Earth orbit mission ⓘ
afterAccident Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
commander Frederick H. Hauck ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewMember David C. Hilmers ⓘ
Frederick H. Hauck ⓘ
George D. Nelson ⓘ
John M. Lounge ⓘ
Richard O. Covey ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
followedBy STS-27 ⓘ
landingDate 1988-10-03 ⓘ
landingRunway Runway 17 ⓘ
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
landingTimeUTC 1988-10-03T16:37:00Z ⓘ
launchDate 1988-09-29 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchTimeUTC 1988-09-29T15:37:00Z ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
missionDuration 4 days 1 hour 0 minutes ⓘ
missionNumber 26 ⓘ
missionPatchFeature seven stars commemorating the STS-51-L crew ⓘ
missionSpecialist David C. Hilmers ⓘ
George D. Nelson ⓘ
John M. Lounge ⓘ
missionType communications satellite deployment ⓘ
notableFor return to flight after the Challenger disaster ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee 301 km ⓘ
orbiterVehicleDesignation OV-103 ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee 296 km ⓘ
orbitPeriod 90.2 minutes ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 64 ⓘ
payload Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-3 ⓘ
pilot Richard O. Covey ⓘ
precededBy STS-51-L ⓘ
linked to: STS-51L
primaryPayload TDRS-3 ⓘ
returnToFlightMission true ⓘ
safetyChangesImplemented enhanced crew escape equipment ⓘ
improved management and communication procedures ⓘ
redesigned Solid Rocket Boosters ⓘ
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program ⓘ
usedExternalTank one External Tank ⓘ
usedSRBs two Solid Rocket Boosters ⓘ

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