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
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
Story Musgrave
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Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he be
STS-33
…Discovery Landing mass 88,125 kg (194,282 lb) Payload mass 21,000 kg (46,000 lb) Crew Crew size 5 Members Frederick D. Gregory John E. Blaha Sonny Carter Story Musgrave Kathryn C. Thornton Start of mission Launch date November 23, 1989, 00:23:30 UTC (7:23 pm EST) Launch site Kennedy, LC-39B Contractor Rockwell International…
Musgrave in 1979
Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Canadarm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope to install protective covers on the magnetometers as part of STS-61