Getaway Special
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Getaway Special was a NASA program that offered interested individuals, or groups, opportunities to fly small experiments aboard the Space Shuttle. Over the 20-year history of the program, over 170 individual missions were flown. The program, which was officially known as the Small, Self-Contained Payloads program, was canceled following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.
Two Getaway Special (GAS) canisters, used on STS-91
GAS canisters shown mounted in the Space Shuttle Discovery cargo bay. This image is from STS-91. The front of the Shuttle is to the left of the picture.
STS-91
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STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998.
Discovery lands at Kennedy, concluding the last mission in the Shuttle–Mir program
Left to right – Front: Gorie, Precourt; Back: Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin, ThomasSpace Shuttle program← STS-90 (90)STS-95 (92) →
Mir as seen from Discovery after undocking