STS-32
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STS-32 was the 33rd mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the ninth launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on January 9, 1990, it marked the first use of Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex
Columbia retrieves the Long Duration Exposure Facility.
Standing: Ivins, Low and Dunbar Seated: Brandenstein and WetherbeeSpace Shuttle program← STS-33 (32)STS-36 (34) →
The launch of STS-32 from LC-39A
The Syncom IV-F5 satellite is deployed.
STS-33
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STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission and the 9th flight of Discovery, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense. It was the 32nd shuttle mi
STS-32
…mission. Official documentation and flight paperwork for that mission had contained the designator STS-32 throughout. Flights with the STS-26 through STS-33 designators used the R in their documentation to avoid conflicts in tracking data from one mission to another. STS-32 marked the inaugural launch from…
Discovery in orbit; in-flight photography on this Department of Defense (DoD) support mission is limited.
Back row: Carter and Blaha Front row: Thornton, Gregory and MusgraveSpace Shuttle program← STS-34 (31)STS-32 (33) →
Launch of STS-33
The shuttle's wing and Earth's horizon