STS-49
STS-49 was NASA's maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched on May 7, 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite, Intelsat 603, which failed to leave Low Earth orbit two years before, attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it to its intended geosynchronous orbit. After several attempts, the capture was completed with the only three-person extravehicular activity (EVA) in space flight history. It would also stand until STS-102 in 2001 as the longest EVA ever undertaken.
- Programm
- Space Shuttle program
- Start
- 07.05.1992
- Rückkehr
- 16.05.1992
- Dauer
- 9 Tage
- Ergebnis
- Erfolg
Besatzung
- 🇺🇸 Thomas Akers —
- 🇺🇸 Daniel Brandenstein —
- 🇺🇸 Kevin P. Chilton —
- 🇺🇸 Richard Hieb —
- 🇺🇸 Bruce E. Melnick —
- 🇺🇸 Kathryn C. Thornton —
- 🇺🇸 Pierre J. Thuot —