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STS-9 Columbia (6) MANNED FLIGHT USA |




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LAUNCH : |
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16.00 GMT |
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Cape Canaveral |
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Florida / USA |
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Launch pad 39-A |
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Nov. 28 / 1983 |
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4.3.06 |
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00:45:03 |


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SPACECRAFT : |
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Space Shuttle Columbia |
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LAUNCH VEHICLE : |
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Space Shuttle Transport System |


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LANDING : |
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23.57 GMT |
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California / USA |
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Edwards Air Force Base Runway 17 |
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Dec.08 / 1983 |

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designed by : Michael May copyright 2006 |
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MANNEDSPACEFLIGHT CHRONOLOGY |
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Flight no. 091 |
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FLIGHT DATA : |
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Inclination |
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57.050° |
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Altitude |
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287 km |
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Duration |
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10d07h47m |
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Orbits |
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167 |


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First six person crew with the
first non-US-citizien crewmember ever flown in an US-spacecraft, Ulf
Merbold. 73 experiments performed in the ESA-built laboratory SPACELAB,
wich was installed in the Shuttle cargo bay. |

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Spacelab in Columbia cargo bay |
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credit: NASA |

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MANNED SPACE FLIGHT 1970īs 1980īs |
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John W. Young CDR USA |


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Brewster H. Shaw Pilot USA |
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Owen K. Garriott MSP USA |

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Byron K. Lichtenberg MSP USA |

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Ulf D. Merbold MSP Germany |

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Robert A. Parker MSP USA |

