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12/22/92: JANUARY 13 SET FOR THE FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT OF 1993
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 22, 1992
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
EDITORS NOTE: N92-110
NASA managers today set Jan. 13 as the launch date for the first
Shuttle mission of 1993. Designated STS-54, the flight has two primary
objectives -- deployment of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F) and
astronomical observations of invisible x-ray sources within the Milky Way
Galaxy with the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer. A space walk (EVA) to evaluate
training methods and gain additional EVA experience also will occur during the
mission.
The launch window opens at 8:52 a.m. EST and extends for 2 1/2 hours.
The mission duration is planned for 6 days. Landing is scheduled for Jan. 19
at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Commanding the STS-54 mission will be John Casper, making his second
flight. Don McMonagle, also making his second flight, will be the Pilot. The
three mission specialists for STS-54 are Mario Runco, making his second flight;
Greg Harbaugh, making his second flight, and Susan Helms, making her first
flight.