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STS-75 press kit

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This is NASA's press kit for Space Shuttle mission STS-75, dated February 1996 and later edited by Richard W. Orloff. It covers Columbia's planned 13-day flight carrying the Italian Tethered Satellite System reflight (TSS-1R) and the third United States Microgravity Payload. The kit sets out launch and landing plans, abort modes, the timeline, payload weights, crew duties, the tether's science objectives and investigators, and crew biographies. It does not mention any unidentified objects.

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  • p. 1 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 1 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-75 PRESS…
  • p. 2 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 2 STS-75 INSIGNIA STS075-S-001 -- The STS-75 insignia depicts…
  • p. 3 …Information 805/258-3448 For Information on STS-75 Experiments & Activities Jerry Berg Marshall Space Flight…
  • p. 4 …12 Crew Responsibilities 13 STS-75 PAYLOADS & ACTIVITIES Science Aboard STS-75 14 Tethered Satellite System…
  • p. 5 …96-27 REFLIGHT OF TETHERED SATELLITE HIGHLIGHTS STS-75 NASA's second Shuttle mission of the…
  • p. 6 …Internet Information The NASA Headquarters Public Affairs Internet Home Page provides access to the STS-75…
  • p. 7 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 7 STS-75 QUICK LOOK FACTS Launch Date/Site: February 22, 1996…
  • p. 9 …Abort modes for STS-75 include: • Abort-To-Orbit (ATO) -- Partial loss of main engine thrust…
  • p. 11 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 11 STS-75 ORBITAL EVENTS SUMMARY (Based on a Feb. 22, 1996…
  • p. 14 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 14 SCIENCE ABOARD STS-75 Science aboard STS-75 comes in two…
  • p. 16 …During the second day on orbit, the STS-75 crew will reel the satellite out on…
  • p. 27 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 27 COMMERCIAL PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH (CPCG) STS-75 includes a flight of…
  • p. 30 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 30 STS-75 CREWMEMBERS STS075-S-002 -- With their major payload as…
  • p. 31 …Allen is assigned to command the STS-75 mission, a 13-day flight scheduled for launch…
  • p. 39 …Guidoni is currently assigned as payload specialist on the STS-75, Tethered Satellite System Reflight (TSS…
Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 10
MISSION SUMMARY TIMELINE
Flight Day 1
Launch/Ascent
TSS Checkout and Activation
USMP-3 Activation.
Flight Day 2
TSS Pre-Deploy Checkout
USMP-3 Operations.
Flight Day 3
TSS Flyaway
USMP-3 Operations.
Flight Day 4
TSS Science Operations and Retrieval
USMP-3 Operations.
Flight Day 5
TSS Retrieval and Docking
TSS Post- Retrieval Safing
USMP-3 Operations.
Flight Day 6
Middeck Glovebox Setup.
Flight Day 7-12
USMP-3 Operations.
Flight Day 13
USMP-3 Operations
Crew News Conference.
Flight Day 14
Flight Control System Checkout
Reaction Control System Hot-Fire
USMP-3 Deactivation
Cabin Stow.
Flight Day 15
Deorbit Prep
Deorbit Burn
Entry
KSC Landing.

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