STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, in the 38th shuttle mission. It was devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes. The
ASTRO-1 in Columbia's payload bay
Back row: Parker, Parise, Hoffman and Durrance Front row: Gardner, Brand and LoungeSpace Shuttle program← STS-38 (37)STS-37 (39) →
Columbia on Pad 39A with Discovery on Pad 39B in the distance.
Columbia finally heads aloft on December 2, 1990.
Ronald Anthony Parise was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.