Wednesday, November 16, 2022

The Explorers' Club, № CMXVI

Operation AXIOM: The Space Age—The 40th Anniversary of S.T.S.-5, Part II
12-16 November 1982: Brand, Overmyer, Allen, & Lenoir deployed two commercial communications satellites, which were boosted into geosynchronous orbits by Payload Assist Module-D kick motors, & conducted three student-designed experiments; a spacewalk by Allen & Lenoir was cancelled due to problems with both spacesuits; after 81 orbits, the Columbia landed at California's Edwards A.F.B.

Bonus! Space Age Song o' the Day: S.T.S.-5
Smash Mouth, "Satellite" from Astro Lounge (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
Semper exploro.

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