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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. 2 …The NASA insignia design for space shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and…
  • p. 3 …Ed Campion Policy/Management 202/358-1778 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC Rob Navias Johnson Space Center…
  • p. 5 …96-27 REFLIGHT OF TETHERED SATELLITE HIGHLIGHTS STS-75 NASA's second Shuttle mission of the…
  • p. 6 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 6 MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION NASA Television Transmission NASA television is available through…
  • p. 15 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 15 TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM REFLIGHT (TSS-1R) NASA and ASI long have…
  • p. 16 …Scientific Investigations Of the TSS-1R mission's 12 scientific investigations, NASA will provide six, ASI…
  • p. 18 …Manager Mike Calabrese, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Responsible for project management at…
  • p. 22 …Fripp, NASA Langley Research Center, Langley, VA Objective. The speed and the amount of information that…
  • p. 24 …The investigation known as MEPHISTO is a cooperative program between NASA, the French Space Agency and…
  • p. 25 …Richard DeLombard, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH Objective. When the Space Shuttle is in orbit…
  • p. 26 …Sacksteder, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH Objective. On Earth, gravity causes air motion known as…
  • p. 27 …which was formed in 1985 as a NASA Center for the Commercial Development of Space. The…
  • p. 30 …It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any…
  • p. 31 …Allen (Lieutenant Colonel, USMC) NASA Astronaut BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born August 4, 1955, in Philadelphia, PA…
  • p. 32 …Selected by NASA in March 1992, Scott reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992…
  • p. 33 …Hoffman was awarded NASA Space Flight Medals in 1985, 1991, 1992 and 1994, NASA Exceptional Service…
  • p. 34 …Satellite System (TSS), a joint project between NASA and the Italian Space Agency. Dr. Hoffman had…
  • p. 35 …Lieutenant Colonel in the Italian Air Force. NASA EXPERIENCE: Cheli reported to the Johnson Space Center…
  • p. 36 …Under agreement between ESA and NASA he joined the NASA astronaut candidates selected in May 1980…
  • p. 37 …Chang-Diaz (Ph.D.) NASA Astronaut BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born April 5, 1950, in San Jose…
  • p. 38 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 38 NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in May 1980, Dr. Chang- Diaz…
  • p. 39 …In 1991 he was relocated to the NASA Johnson Space Center to follow the training for…
Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 35
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Maurizio Cheli
ESA Astronaut
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born May 4, 1959, in Modena, Italy. His parents, Araldo and Eulalia Cheli,
reside in Zocca (Modena), Italy.
EDUCATION: Graduated from the Italian Air Force Academy in 1982. Studied geophysics at University
of Rome in 1989. He received a master of science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of
Houston.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Marianne Merchez. Her parents, Marcel and Annie Merchez,
reside in Brussels, Belgium.
SPECIAL HONORS: Top graduate, Italian Air Force War College (1987); top graduate, Empire Test Pilot
School, Boscombe Down, United Kingdom (1988).
EXPERIENCE: After graduation from the Italian Air Force Academy, Cheli underwent pilot training at
Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, in 1982-1983. Following fighter lead-in training at Holloman Air Force
Base, New Mexico and initial training in the F-104G in Italy, he joined the 28th Squadron, 3rd Recce Wing
in 1984. In 1987, he attended the Italian Air Force War College and in 1988 he graduated from the Empire
Test Pilot's School, Boscombe Down, United Kingdom. While assigned to the Italian Air Force Flight Test
Center in Pratica di Mare, Rome, he served as a Tornado and B-707 Tanker project pilot on a variety of test
programs. His flight experience includes over 3,000 flying hours in over 50 different types of fixed wing
aircraft and helicopters. In June 1992, he was selected by the European Space Agency for astronaut
training.
Cheli holds a commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the Italian Air Force.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Cheli reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992 and completed one
year of training in August 1993. He is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on future Space
Shuttle flight crews. His technical assignments to date include: flight software verification in the Shuttle
Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); remote manipulator system/robotics; crew equipment.

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