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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.

  • p. 5 …The STS-75 mission will be the 19th mission for Columbia and the 75th for the…
  • p. 6 …A voice update of the television schedule is provided daily at noon Eastern time. Status Reports…
  • p. 14 …During this time, Columbia's position will be adjusted periodically to give USMP experiments the best…
  • p. 17 …Marshall will furnish real- time engineering support for the TSS-1R system components and tether dynamics…
  • p. 19 …sent in real-time to the instruments aboard the Shuttle. During the mission, teams of scientists…
  • p. 21 …The closing rate at the time the satellite is docked to the cradle at the end…
  • p. 22 …The effects of gravity on the orbiting spacecraft are roughly a million times less than experienced…
  • p. 23 …At controlled temperatures extremely near the critical temperature, the fluid will be a billion times more…
  • p. 24 …The images of dendrites growing in space will be viewed in near-real-time by scientists…
  • p. 25 …The facility provides power, air and particle filtration, light, data collection, real-time monitoring, and sensors…
  • p. 36 …concurrently participating part-time in research activities of the Geneva Observatory. At the end of 1976…
  • p. 38 …of the launch countdown. He has logged over 1,800 hours of flight time, including 1…
Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 3
NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS
For Information on the Space Shuttle
Ed Campion Policy/Management 202/358-1778
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC
Rob Navias
Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Mission Operations
Astronauts
713/483-5111
Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, FL
Launch Processing
KSC Landing Information
407/867-2468
June Malone
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
External Tank
Shuttle Propulsion
205/544-0034
Cam Martin
Dryden Flight Research Center
Edwards, CA
DFRC Landing Information 805/258-3448
For Information on STS-75 Experiments & Activities
Jerry Berg
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
TSS 205/544-0034
Mike Braukus
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC
USMP 202/358-1979
Debbie Rahn
Headquarters
Washington, DC
International Cooperation 202/358-1639
Jim Cast
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC
CPCG 202/358-1779

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