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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 7
STS-75 QUICK LOOK FACTS
Launch Date/Site: February 22, 1996/KSC Launch Pad 39-B
Launch Time: 3:18 PM EST
Launch Window: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Orbiter: Columbia (OV-102), 19th flight
Orbit Altitude: 160 nautical miles
Orbit Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission Duration: 13 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes
Landing Date: March 7, 1996
Landing Time: 7:32 AM EST
Primary Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Abort Landing Sites: Return to Launch Site - KSC
Transoceanic Abort Sites - Ben Guerir, Morocco
Moron, Spain
Abort-Once Around - Edwards AFB, CA
Crew: Andrew Allen, Commander (CDR)
Scott Horowitz, Pilot (PLT)
Jeff Hoffman, Mission Specialist 1 (MS 1)
Maurizio Cheli, Mission Specialist 2 (MS 2)
Claude Nicollier, Mission Specialist 3 (MS 3)
Franklin Chang-Diaz, Mission Specialist 4 (MS 4)
Umberto Guidoni, Payload Specialist 1 (PS 1)
Shifts: Red Team: Horowitz, Cheli, Guidoni
Blue Team: Nicollier, Chang-Diaz
White Team: Allen, Hoffman (joins Blue team after TSS)
EVA Crew (if needed): Franklin Chang-Diaz (EV 1), Claude Nicollier (EV 2)
Cargo Bay Payloads: Tethered Satellite System
USMP-3
OARE
In-Cabin Payloads: Middeck Glovebox
Commercial Protein Crystal Growth

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