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This Week in NASA History: Launch of ASTRO-1 – December 2, 1990 (News Release)
This week in 1990, space shuttle Columbia, on mission STS-35, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying Astronomy Laboratory 1 in its cargo bay. ASTRO-1 was developed as a system of telescopes that could fly multiple times on the space shuttle. It consisted of three ultraviolet telescopes and an X-ray telescope.
The telescopes were mounted on a Spacelab pallet in the payload bay of the shuttle. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center was responsible for managing the Spacelab missions. Here, the various components of the ASTRO-1 payload are seen above the backdrop of Earth.
The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space.
Source: NASA.Gov
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December 2 is the day of the year that saw the most shuttle launches! Four launches with four different orbiters launched #OTD: STS-27, STS-35, STS-53, and STS-61.
— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) December 2, 2024
The orbiters in order of launch (AND alphabetical order) were: Atlantis, Columbia, Discovery, and Endeavour. pic.twitter.com/edc2WetFhz
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