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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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“Earth orbit”11 pages

  • p. 2 …The Orbiter/satellite system is passing through the Earth's magnetic field which, like an electric…
  • p. 5 …on orbiting platforms such as the international Space Station. Deploying a tether towards Earth could place…
  • p. 9 …with the capability to allow one orbit of the Earth before landing at the Kennedy Space…
  • p. 15 …Also, a satellite could be moved up and down in orbit by releasing a tethered body…
  • p. 16 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 16 Earth's Charged-Particle Environment and the Tethered Satellite System TSS…
  • p. 17 …The Research on Orbital Plasma Electrodynamics experiment, by Dr. Nobie Stone of Marshall, will study the…
  • p. 19 …The orbital dynamics will result in the Tethered Satellite initially being deployed upward but at an…
  • p. 22 …The effects of gravity on the orbiting spacecraft are roughly a million times less than experienced…
  • p. 23 …The orbital environment will permit measurements to be made within a few millionths of a degree…
  • p. 24 …Materials for the Study of Interesting Phenomena of Solidification on Earth and in Orbit (MEPHISTO) Principal…
  • p. 26 …that may occur on orbit. When a fire starts on Earth, flames spread due to the…
Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 8
Developmental Test Objectives/Detailed Supplementary Objectives
DTO 301D: Ascent Structural Capability Evaluation
DTO 307D: Entry Structural Capability
DTO 312: External Tank Thermal Protection System Performance
DTO 667: Portable In-Flight Landing Operations Trainer
DTO 805: Crosswind Landing Performance
DSO 331: Interaction of Shuttle Launch Entry Suits on Egress Locomotion
DSO 487: Immunological Assessment of Crewmembers
DSO 491: Characterization of Microbial Transfer Among Crewmembers
DSO 492: In-Flight Evaluation of a Portable Clinical Blood Analyzer
DSO 493: Monitoring Latent Virus Reactivation and Shedding in Astronauts
DSO 802: Educational Activities
DSO 901: Documentary Television
DSO 902: Documentary Motion Picture Photography
DSO 903: Documentary Still Photography

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