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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 4
CONTENTS
GENERAL BACKGROUND
General News Release 5
Media Services Information 6
Quick-Look Facts 7
Shuttle Abort Modes 9
Mission Summary Timeline 10
Orbital Events Summary 11
Payload and Vehicle Weights 12
Crew Responsibilities 13
STS-75 PAYLOADS & ACTIVITIES
Science Aboard STS-75 14
Tethered Satellite System-1R (TSS-1R) 15
Tethered Satellite System-1R Flight Operations 19
United States Microgravity Payload-3 (USMP-3) 22
Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG) 27
STS-75 CREW BIOGRAPHIES 30

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