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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts045-s-001
Date: October 1991
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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts045-s-001
Date: October 1991