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Space Shuttle Projects

NASA / MSFC · 1991-08-02 · photograph (digital archive)

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Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on August 2, 1991, the STS-43 mission’s primary payload was the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 5 (TDRS-5) attached to an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), which became the 4th member of an orbiting TDRS cluster. The flight crew consisted of 5 astronauts: John E. Blaha, commander; Michael A. Baker, pilot; Shannon W. Lucid, mission specialist 1; James C. Adamson, mission specialist 2; and G. David Low, mission specialist 3.

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Credit lineSpace Shuttle Projects. NASA/MSFC, 1991-08-02. Public domain. ID: 9137644.
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