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STS-35

Launch: December 2, 1990

Landing: December 10, 1990 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.

Astronauts: Vance D. Brand, Guy S. Gardner, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, John M. Lounge, Robert A. Parker, Samuel T. Durrance and Ronald A. Parise

Space Shuttle: Columbia

 

The primary objectives were round-the-clock observations of celestial sphere in ultraviolet and x-ray astronomy with ASTRO-1 observatory consisting of four telescopes as well as other experiments.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts035-s-001

Date: January 29, 1990

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