STS-35

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STS-35 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on ultraviolet astronomy, carrying the ASTRO-1 observatory to study celestial objects in ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
alsoKnownAs Space Transportation System-35
carriedInstrument ASTRO-1
Broad Band X-Ray Telescope
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
commander Vance D. Brand
country United States
crewSize 7
focus X-ray astronomy
ultraviolet astronomy
followedBy STS-37
landingDate 1990-12-10
landingRunway Runway 22, Edwards AFB
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
launchDate 1990-12-02
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia
launchYear 1990
missionDesignation STS-35
missionDuration 8 days
~213 hours
missionSpecialist Jeffrey A. Hoffman
John M. Lounge
Robert A. R. Parker
missionType astronomy
astrophysics
notable first dedicated ASTRO observatory mission
operator NASA
orbitInclination 28.5 degrees
orbitType low Earth orbit
payloadSpecialist Ronald A. Parise
Samuel T. Durrance NERFINISHED
pilot Guy S. Gardner
precededBy STS-41
primaryObjective ultraviolet astronomy observations
primaryPayload ASTRO-1 observatory
linked to: Astro-2
program Space Transportation System
scientificDiscipline astronomy
astrophysics
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia
spacecraftName Columbia
spacecraftSerial OV-102
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program
studied celestial objects in X-ray wavelengths
celestial objects in ultraviolet wavelengths

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Jeffrey A. Hoffman mission STS-35
STS-41 precededBy STS-35
STS-38 followedBy STS-35
STS-35 missionDesignation STS-35