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NASA image: STS-39 DISCOVERY ORBITER VEHICLE(OV)-103 - CREW MEMBERS PORTRAIT
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Nov 20, 1990

STS-39 DISCOVERY ORBITER VEHICLE(OV)-103 - CREW MEMBERS PORTRAIT

S90-52756 (December 1990) --- NASA's STS-39 crew members, wearing their partial pressure launch and entry suits,...

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NASA image: KSC-91PC-1664
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Mar 7, 1991

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Workers watch as the space shuttle Discovery makes the slow journey back from Pad 39A into...

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NASA image: KSC-91PC-0219
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Dec 20, 1990

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The orbiter Discovery, its wheels retracted atop the orbiter transporter, rolls over from the...

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NASA image: KSC-91PC-0264
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Feb 20, 1991

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle. right. tries on a communications headset in...

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NASA image: KSC-91PC-0265
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Feb 20, 1991

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Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle, right, tries on a communications headset in the Launch Control...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Apr 28, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 28, 1991 at 7:33:14 am (EDT), STS-39 was a Department of...

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NASA image: STS-39 crew activities
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Jul 7, 2009

STS-39 crew activities

STS039-20-006 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- Astronaut Michael L. Coats, STS-39 mission commander, works controls of a...

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NASA image: STS-39 crewmembers arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in T-38As
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May 6, 1991

STS-39 crewmembers arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in T-38As

STS039-S-003 (20 April 1991) --- Astronaut Michael L. Coats (right) addresses the news media after arriving at the...

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NASA image: STS-39 SPAS-II/IBSS spacecraft is released by RMS above the Earth's surface
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May 6, 1991

STS-39 SPAS-II/IBSS spacecraft is released by RMS above the Earth's surface

STS039-17-017 (3 May 1990) --- This STS-39 35mm scene shows the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO)...

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NASA image: STS-39 OV-103 reaction control system (RCS) jets fire during onorbit maneuver
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May 6, 1991

STS-39 OV-103 reaction control system (RCS) jets fire during onorbit maneuver

STS039-27-016 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery fires reaction control subsystem (RCS) thrusters...

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NASA image: STS-39 Commander Coats on OV-103's flight deck watches SPAS-II/IBSS deploy
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May 6, 1991

STS-39 Commander Coats on OV-103's flight deck watches SPAS-II/IBSS deploy

STS039-11-027 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- Astronaut Michael L. Coats, STS-39 mission commander, is seen in a close-up...

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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, STS-117 Mission Specialist Steven Swanson is helmeted and ready...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0473
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, STS-117 Mission Specialist James Reilly is helmeted and ready to...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0471
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, STS-117 Mission Specialist Danny Olivas is helmeted and ready to...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0470
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, STS-117 Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester (right) waits his...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0469
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, STS-117 Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester is helmeted and...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0476
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, STS-117 Pilot Lee Archambault is helmeted and ready to practice...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0474
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, STS-117 Commander Rick Sturckow signals that he is ready to...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0475
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, members of the STS-117 crew are instructed in the operation of...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0477
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, members of the STS-117 crew are instructed in the operation of...

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NASA image: STS-39 crewmembers participate in preflight press conference at JSC's Bldg 2
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Jan 23, 1991

STS-39 crewmembers participate in preflight press conference at JSC's Bldg 2

S91-26681 (23 Jan 1991) --- Astronaut C. Lacy Veach (right), STS-39 mission specialist, uses a model to explain some...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd0468
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Feb 21, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39, astronaut rescue team leader Capt. George Hoggard, second from...

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NASA image: STS-39 Critical Ionization Velocity (CIV) gas release from OV-103 payload bay
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May 6, 1991

STS-39 Critical Ionization Velocity (CIV) gas release from OV-103 payload bay

STS039-367-006 (1 May 1991) --- One of the four compressed gas canisters on the forward port side of Discovery's...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Jun 25, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

The STS-39 crew portrait includes 7 astronauts. Pictured are Charles L. Veach, mission specialist 5; Michael L....

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