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  • STS-37
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  • STS-37, the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope. The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
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COSPAR ID
  • 1991
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Previous Mission
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  • 5
landing date
  • --04-11
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  • Third
SATCAT
  • 21224
Mission Duration
  • 516764.0
crew photo caption
  • Left to right: Cameron, Apt, Nagel, Ross, Godwin
Name
  • STS-37
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terminology
  • Astronaut
Insignia
  • Sts-37-patch.png
Image caption
  • CGRO is grappled by Atlantis' RMS
crew photo
  • STS-37 crew.jpg
orbit period
  • 5622.0
orbit inclination
  • 28.450000
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Operator
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  • First
launch site
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Mission Type
  • Satellite deployment
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  • First
landing site
  • Edwards Runway 33
apsis
  • gee
orbit regime
Programme
Launch date
  • --04-05
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  • Third
crew members
Position
  • Pilot
  • Commander
  • Mission Specialist 1
  • Mission Specialist 2
  • Mission Specialist 3
orbits completed
  • 93
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  • First
Next Mission
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abstract
  • STS-37, the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope. The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
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