vance d. brand commanded the crew of seven of the columbia on the 38th flight of the shuttle on sts-35.
vance d. brand commanded the crew of seven of the columbia on the 38th flight of the shuttle on sts-35.
who commanded the crew of seven of the columbia on the 38th flight of the shuttle on sts-35?
vance d. brand
brand again commanded "columbia" on the 38th flight of the shuttle, this time with a crew of seven, on sts-35. the night launch on december 2, 1990 started a nine-day mission devoted to round-the-clock astronomical observations. crewmen included the pilot, col. guy gardner; three mission specialists, john m. lounge, dr. robert a. parker and dr. jeffrey a. hoffman; and two payload specialists, dr. samuel t. durrance and dr. ronald a. parise. the 13-ton payload consisted of the three astro-1 ultraviolet (uv) telescopes and the broadband x-ray telescope. more than 200 orbiter maneuvers were required to point the telescopes. this shuttle flight, one of the first dedicated to astronomy, provided a rich return of science data with emphasis on observations of very active celestial objects. a night landing was made on december 10, to runway 22 at edwards air force base. mission duration was 215 hours.
vance d. brand
section::::mission milestones.









































the mission marked:









































bullet::::- 162nd nasa manned space flight









































bullet::::- 131st shuttle mission since sts-1









































bullet::::- 38th flight of "discovery"









































bullet::::- 33rd shuttle mission to the iss









































bullet::::- 106th post-"challenger" mission









































bullet::::- 18th post-"columbia" mission









































bullet::::- 35th and last night launch of a shuttle, 22nd night launch from launch pad 39a









































bullet::::- 2nd "descending node" entry since 2003









































section::::shuttle processing.
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