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STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis . [ 1 ] STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on October 18, 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base , California , on October 23, 1989.
The Galileo Probe had COSPAR ID 1989-084E while the orbiter had id 1989-084B. [70] Names for the spacecraft include Galileo Probe or Jupiter Entry Probe abbreviated JEP. [71] The related COSPAR IDs of the Galileo mission were: [72] 1989-084A STS 34; 1989-084B Galileo; 1989-084C IUS (Orbus 21) 1989-084D IUS (Orbus 6E) 1989-084E Galileo Probe
May 4, 1989 STS-30: 39B Edwards AFB 4 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes, 28 seconds 1,477,500 miles (2,377,800 km) Deployed the Magellan probe bound for Venus. 5 October 18, 1989 STS-34: 39B Edwards AFB 4 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes, 20 seconds 1,800,000 miles (2,900,000 km) Deployed the Galileo probe bound for Jupiter. 6 February 28, 1990 STS-36: 39A ...
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Launch of STS-34 with Galileo on board. STS-34 was the mission designated to launch Galileo, scheduled for October 12, 1989, in the Space Shuttle Atlantis. [76] The spacecraft was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center by a high-speed truck convoy that departed JPL in the middle of the night.
The Motion Base Simulator was transferred to the Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering Department in College Station, Texas, [33] and the Guidance and Navigation Simulator went to the Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum in Starke, Florida. [34] NASA also made approximately 7,000 TPS tiles available to schools and universities. [35]
On Aug. 2, 1985, around 6:05 p.m., the Delta Air Lines Flight 191 from Florida to Los Angeles with 163 people aboard crashed short of the runway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and ...
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power on the Texas Interconnection that supplies power to 26 million Texas customers – representing 90 percent of the state's electric load. [3] ERCOT is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States [4] and one of nine ISOs in North America. [5]