STS-70
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STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new m
Discovery prepares to deploy the TDRS-G satellite
Left to right: Kregel, Currie, Henricks; Weber, ThomasSpace Shuttle program← STS-71 (69)STS-69 (71) →
Liftoff of the 70th Space Shuttle mission.
TDRS-G in Discovery's Payload Bay.
Terence T. Henricks
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Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks is a retired in the United States Air Force colonel and former NASA astronaut. He served on four Space Shuttle missions.
STS-70
…The release of the satellite was overseen by Mission Specialists Donald Thomas and Mary Ellen Weber. About 15 minutes later, Discovery's Commander Tom Henricks fired the shuttle's engines to raise the orbit and move away from the vicinity of the satellite and the IUS. At about 3:55 p.m., the IUS fired the first…
Terence T. Henricks