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  STS-41-G   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
STS 41-G marked the thirteenth flight of a Space Shuttle and the sixth flight of the Challenger.
A number of GAS canisters covering a wide variety of materials testing and physics were also flown.
STS 41-G was an 8-day, 5-hour, 23-minute, 33-second mission which traveled 4.3 million miles and completed 132 orbits.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/sts_41_g   (554 words)

  
 Sts-41-g   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
El STS 41-G marcó el décimotercer vuelo de una lanzadera de espacio y el sexto vuelo del desafiador.
EDT, marcando el comienzo de la misión del STS 41-G. Era sexta misión y el décimotercero liftoff del desafiador en el programa de la lanzadera de espacio.
El STS 41-G era 8 días, 5 horas, 23 minuto, la segundo misión 33 que viajó 4.3 millones de millas (6.900.000 kilómetros) y terminado 132 órbitas.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/st/Sts41g.htm   (681 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: STS-41-D   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
STS 51-D was the sixteenth flight of a Space Shuttle and the fourth flight of Discovery.
Mass is a property of physical objects that, roughly speaking, measures the amount of matter they contain.
The combined cargo weighed over 47,000 lb (21,000 kg), a Space Shuttle record up to that time.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/STS_41_D   (1580 words)

  
 STS-59 Payload   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the 28 March 1985 STS Payload Flight Assignment manifest, the Space Radar Laboratory was only listed as future payload and was not assigned to a specific flight.
It was set for a 90.0° polar orbit at 160 nautical miles altitude aboard the shuttle Discovery (STS 72-A) with a crew of five on a five-day mission.
Two months later, the loss of Challenger during the launch of STS 51-L grounded the shuttle fleet and resulted in a radical change to the future manifest of the programme.
www.astroinfoservice.co.uk /html/sts-59_payload.html   (1943 words)

  
 Astronaut David C. Leestma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is a signed and inscribed 8 x 10 inch official NASA photo of Astronaut David C. Leestma who flew on STS 41-G, STS-28 and STS-45.
Also included with this photo is an official 4 inch NASA flight patch for the Challenger crew of STS 41-G of which he was Mission Specialist 3.
STS 41-G was launched 5 October 1984 and landed 13 October 1984.
www.nmia.com /~valorc/american/space/leestma.html   (102 words)

  
 The New Mexico Museum of Space History - Inductee - Sally K. Ride   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ride was a mission specialist on the shuttle missions STS-7 and STS 41-G. Dr. Ride was a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 18, 1983.
Ride served as a mission specialist on STS 41-G, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 5, 1984.
Their eight day mission deployed the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, as well as demonstrated potential satellite refuelling with an EVA and associated hydrazine transfer.
www.spacefame.org /ride.html   (395 words)

  
 13. Strait of Gibralter, Solitons
They were first seen from space by Vance Brand on the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.
Oceanographer-astronaut Paul Scully-Power and other crewmembers saw a dramatic example of ocean solitons propagating from the Strait of Gibraltar on STS 41-G in October 1984.
In this frame from STS 41-G, Gibraltar appears at the top right of the passage through the Strait of Gibraltar.
www.lpi.usra.edu /publications/slidesets/oceans/oceanviews/slide_13.html   (277 words)

  
 19844
Released 11/9/84 from STS 51A; 82 deg W. Telecommunications.
Released from STS 51A 11/10/84; 105 deg W; leased to U.S. government.
The Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise arrived at Vandenberg AFB for a series of facility verification tests.
www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/chrono/19844.htm   (1125 words)

  
 STS-1 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Looking For sts 1 - Find sts 1 and more at Lycos Search.
Find sts 1 - Your relevant result is a click away!
STS-1 is also an abbreviation for Synchronous Transport Signal (level)-1 in the SONET hierarchy.
www.karr.net /encyclopedia/STS-1   (585 words)

  
 Astronaut Bio: Sally K. Ride (Ph.D.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This was the largest crew to fly to date and included Captain Robert L. Crippen (spacecraft commander), Captain Jon A. McBride (pilot), fellow mission specialists, Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan and Commander David C. Leestma, as well as two payload specialists, Commander Marc Garneau and Mr.
In June 1985 Dr. Ride was assigned to serve as a mission specialist on STS 61-M. She terminated mission training in January 1986 in order to serve as a member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident.
Upon completion of the investigation, she was assigned to NASA Headquarters as Special Assistant to the Administrator for long range and strategic planning.
vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/ride.htm   (506 words)

  
 NASA Astronaut "Discovers" Bulgaria
Former NASA Astronaut Jon A. McBride, who piloted STS 41-G aboard the Orbiter Challenger, came to a four-day visit in Bulgaria.
Jon McBride was pilot of STS 41-G, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 5, 1984, aboard the Orbiter Challenger.
During their eight-day mission, crewmembers deployed the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refuelling with an EVA and associated hydrazine transfer.
www.novinite.com /view_news.php?id=37449   (254 words)

  
 Pad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
1985 STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 STS 51-A launch vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
www.brainyhistory.com /topics/p/pad.html   (247 words)

  
 Fact Sheet: Astronauts and the BSA
Requirements for earning this badge range from building, launching, and recovering a model rocket to designing an earth-orbiting space station.
Space shuttle approach and landing tests 1, 3, and 5; STS-3 and STS 51-F
STS 41-B, STS 61-C, STS-27, STS-47, and STS-71
www.scouting.org /factsheets/02-558.html   (272 words)

  
 Astronaut Bio: G. Harbaugh 4/01
Harbaugh came to NASA’s Johnson Space Center after graduation from Purdue University in 1978.
Harbaugh also served as a senior flight controller addressing issues requiring real-time resolution, for several flights from STS 51-A through STS 51-L. Mr.
Harbaugh has a commercial pilot’s license with instrument rating, and over 1600 hours total flying time.
www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/harbaugh.html   (556 words)

  
 Ride
EXPERIENCE: Ride was selected straight from graduate school for the first group of shuttle astronauts.
She became the first American woman to fly in space on shuttle mission STS-7 in 1983 and flew again on STS 41-G. Ride was preparing for her third mission when the Challenger exploded in 1986.
She was appointed to the Presidential Commission charged with investigating the accident.
www.friends-partners.org /%7Emwade/astros/ride.htm   (538 words)

  
 Astronomy - Homeschooling on a Shoestring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space June 18, 1983 on the shuttle Challenger (STS-7).
Shepard demonstrated that individuals can control a vehicle during weightlessness and high G stresses, and significant scientific biomedical data were acquired.
He reached a speed of 5,100 miles per hour and his flight lasted 14.8 minutes.
www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com /astron.html   (2160 words)

  
 STS41G
STS41G-19-006 image text STS 41-G crew photo taken on the flight deck of the Challenger during fligh
STS41G-90029 image text STS 41-G crew prepares to leave for KSC
STS41G-90081 image text STS 41-G crew prepares to leave Operations and checkout bldg for launch
science.ksc.nasa.gov /mirrors/images/html/STS41G.htm   (1048 words)

  
 Image:STS-41-G_patch.png   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
STS-41 G CREW INSIGNIA --- The 41-G mission insignia focuses on its seven crew members (first to exceed six), the U.S. Flag and the Unity symbol known as the astronaut pin.
The pin design in center shows a trio of trajectories merging in infinite space, capped by a bright shining star and encircled by an elliptical wreath denoting orbital flight.
Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date.
www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Image:STS-41-G_patch.png   (226 words)

  
 STS-41-G
This caused malfunctions to on-board equipment and discomfort / temporary blinding of the crew, leading to a US diplomatic protest.
STS-41-G - Artists concept of STS 41-G cargo configuration
Landed at: Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
www.fplib.org /partners/mwade/flights/sts41g.htm   (302 words)

  
 AstroLink.de / Space Shuttle - STS 41-G - Missionsinfo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
AstroLink.de / Space Shuttle - STS 41-G - Missionsinfo
Space Shuttle - STS 41-G (013) - Challenger (006)
Die Redaktion ist nicht verantwortlich für den Inhalt externer Internet-Links.
www.himmelsjahr.net /sl/sl013/index.htm   (70 words)

  
 David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS 41-G, 28, 45 May 6 in History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS 41-G, 28, 45 May 6 in History
David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS 41-G, 28, 45
Time is neutral and does not change things.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1949/may_6_1949_110297.html   (45 words)

  
 RMNSGC Space Signals
If you can build an experiment that works on its own power, fits within a 'trash can' and one switch turns it on and off, you have the concept of a GAS experiment.
If the experiment works in 1 g, it probably works differently in zero g and probably has not been done before!
NOTE: NASA frowns about on-board live animals (or students!), or hazards such as explosives.
www.usu.edu /rmnsgcon/archive/ss/ss_spr95.html   (1334 words)

  
 3. Mediterranean Sea, Shear Wall Spiral Eddies
During the course of STS 41-G, oceanographer Paul Scully-Power observed spiral eddies at 13 locations around the globe.
Spiral eddies are probably the most fundamental individual feature in ocean dynamics on the scale visible to orbiting astronauts.
Right click here to download a high-resolution version of the image (8.82 MB)
www.lpi.usra.edu /publications/slidesets/oceans/oceanviews/slide_03.html   (64 words)

  
 Caskets On Parade - Targets of Opportunity: "G"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Caskets On Parade - Targets of Opportunity: "G" Caskets On Parade
Still Alive: "G" Caskets On Parade > Book of the Dead > Still Alive - "G"
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Main
www.msu.edu /~daggy/cop/bkofdead/alive-g.htm   (1792 words)

  
 CD-ROMs and DVDs at the Earth Sciences & Map Library-University of California, Berkeley
ArcView and DLG map coverages of geology and mineral resources maps and explanatory text of the Venezuelan Guayana Shield.
Geology and resource assessment of Costa Rica at 1:500,000 scale : a digital representation of maps of the U.S. Geological Survey's 1987 folio I-1865 / by Paul G. Schruben.
Seven layers are available: geology and faults; gold mining area geology; favorable domains for selected deposit types; Bouguer gravity contours and lineaments; isostatic gravity contours; mineral deposits, prospects, and occurrences; and rock geochemistry sample points.
www.lib.berkeley.edu /EART/cdrom.html   (15883 words)

  
 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad September 13, 1984 in History
STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad September 13, 1984 in History
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STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad
www.oldevents.com /events/1984/september_13_1984_119531.html   (52 words)

  
 Blue:Today in History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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1950 - David H G viscount Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
1950 - Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr (STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster)
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