STS-47
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STS-47 was NASA's 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material scien
Spacelab Module LM2 in Endeavour's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab-J laboratory.
Back row: Davis, Lee, Gibson, Jemison, Mohri Front row: Apt, BrownSpace Shuttle program← STS-46 (49)STS-52 (51) →
Unimak Island as seen from Endeavour.
STS-47 Endeavour crewmembers inside Spacelab
Jan Davis
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Nancy Jan Davis is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights, Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA.
STS-47
…the shuttle, Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go to space, and the only married couple to fly together on the shuttle, Mark C. Lee and Jan Davis, which had been against NASA policy prior to this mission. As female and male astronauts became more prominently integrated with the shuttle program…
Davis in 1987
Davis operating the RMS on STS-85
Jan Davis in 2024.