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STS-45

Launch: March 24, 1992

Landing: April 2, 1992 Kennedy Space Center, Fl.

Astronauts: Charles F. Bolden Jr., Brian Duffy, Kathryn D. Sullivan, David C. Leestma, C. Michael Foale, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Dirk D. Frimout

Space Shuttle: Atlantis

 

The mission carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) on Spacelab pallets mounted in the orbiter's cargo bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the U.S., France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan, conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts045-s-001

Date: October 1991

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