Endeavour's Maiden Flight
STS-49, the first flight of the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour, lifted off from launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on May 7, 1992 at 7:40 pm EDT. The STS-49 mission was the first U.S. orbital flight to feature four extravehicular activities (EVAs), and the first flight to involve three crew members working simultaneously outside of the spacecraft. The primary objective was the capture and redeployment of the INTELSAT VI (F-3) which was stranded in an unusable orbit since its launch aboard the Titan rocket in March 1990.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 9256691
Date: May 7, 1992
Endeavour's Maiden Flight
STS-49, the first flight of the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour, lifted off from launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on May 7, 1992 at 7:40 pm EDT. The STS-49 mission was the first U.S. orbital flight to feature four extravehicular activities (EVAs), and the first flight to involve three crew members working simultaneously outside of the spacecraft. The primary objective was the capture and redeployment of the INTELSAT VI (F-3) which was stranded in an unusable orbit since its launch aboard the Titan rocket in March 1990.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 9256691
Date: May 7, 1992