STS-69 Endeavour ( September 7-18, 1995 ).

STS-69 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission, and the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility ( WSF ).

The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for astronaut Michael Gernhardt, who is attached to the Shuttle Endeavour ’ s robot arm during a spacewalk on the STS-69 mission in 1995.

STS-69 Endeavour ( September 7 – 18, 1995 ) was launched from and returned to land at Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

During STS-69, Voss was a Mission Specialist and Payload Commander on board Space Shuttle Endeavour.

He served as a mission specialist on STS-56 ( April 8-17, 1993 ), was the pilot on STS-69 ( September 7-18, 1995 ), and was the mission commander on STS-80 ( November 19 to December 7, 1996, STS-98 ( February 7-20, 2001 ), and STS-111 ( June 5-19, 2002 ).

STS-69 launches from Kennedy Space Center, 7 September 1995.

STS-69 took place from September 7-September 18, 1995.

The WSF flew three times with a Space Shuttle in 1994 – 96 ( STS-60, STS-69, STS-80 ).

He was the pilot on STS-51-A in 1984, and was the commander of STS-30 in 1989, STS-53 in 1992 and STS-69 in 1995.

He was a mission specialist on STS-69 in 1995, STS-83 in 1997, STS-94 in 1997 and STS-104 in 2001.

He flew as a mission specialist on STS-51 ( 1993 ), STS-69 ( 1995 ), STS-88 ( 1998 ) and STS-109 ( 2002 ).

STS-69 will see the first flight of the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker ( IEH-1 ), the first of five planned flights to measure and monitor long-term variations in the magnitude of absolute extreme ultraviolet ( EUV ) flux coming from the Sun, and to study EUV emissions from the plasma torus system around Jupiter originating from its moon Io.

Other experiments onboard STS-72 included the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment ( SSBUV-8 ) ( previously flown on STS-34, STS-41, STS-43, STS-45, STS-56, STS-62 and STS-66 ), EDFT-03, Shuttle Laser Altimeter Payload ( SLA-01 / GAS ( 5 )), VDA-2, National Institutes of Health NIH-R3 Experiment, Space Tissue Loss Experiment ( STL / NIH-C ), Pool Boiling Experiment ( PBE ) ( hardware previously flown on STS-47, STS-57 and STS-60 ) and the Thermal Energy Storage ( TES-2 ) experiment ( previously flown on STS-69 ).

The primary objective of STS-69 was the successful deployment and retrieval of a SPARTAN satellite and the Wake Shield Facility ( WSF ).

These displays included the Manipulator Position Display, which was evaluated on STS-69.

James Voss also had three other spaceflights, all of which were Space Shuttle missions ( STS-44, STS-53, STS-69 ).

Additionally, several African clawed frogs were present on the space shuttle Endeavour ( which was launched into space on September 12, 1992 ) so that scientists could test whether reproduction and development could occur normally in zero gravity.

She became the first black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.

During the ISS 20 / 21 flight, he was visited by two other Canadians: Julie Payette ( Space Shuttle Endeavour STS 127 ) and space tourist Guy Laliberté on Soyuz TMA-16 at the end of September 2009.

STS-68 Endeavour ( September 30 to October 11, 1994 ) was part of NASA ’ s Mission to Planet Earth.

After completing 126 orbits of the Earth, STS-47 Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center on September 20, 1992.

On Gibson's fourth space flight, the fiftieth Space Shuttle mission, he served as commander of STS-47, Spacelab-J, which launched on September 12, 1992 aboard the Orbiter Endeavour.

Endeavour Hills Post Office opened on 5 September 1983.

* Exploration and Endeavour: The Royal Society of London and the South Seas: celebrated the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society of London and brought together unique treasures associated with voyages of scientific discovery to the South Seas ( September 2010-February 2011 )

STS-68 Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on September 30, 1994.

STS-68 Endeavour ( September 30 to October 11, 1994 ) was the Space Radar Lab-2 ( SRL-2 ) mission.

Endeavour as of September 13, 2012 is sat in the vehicle assembly Building awaiting final departure to Los Angeles on September 17 atop of the shuttle carrier aircraft.

Prior to its opening as an adult male correctional centre in 1991, the facility known variously as the Tamworth Institution for Boys, the Tamworth Boys ’ Home, and Endeavour House, was a male juvenile justice centre that pre – dated the establishment of the Kariong Youth Correctional Centre which opened in September 1991.

In September 2009, Endeavour Foundation acquired Cumberland Industries of western Sydney, providing employment for a further 610 people with a disability ; making Endeavour the largest non-government provider of direct disability employment in Australia.

Following the North Atlantic Council ’ s decision on implementation of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty as a consequence of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, STANAVFORMED was withdrawn from exercise Destined Glory 2001 on 6 October 2001 and deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean to conduct Operation Active Endeavour, NATO ’ s maritime contribution to the fight against terrorism.

In September of 2011 he was appointed by the California Science Center to be the Senior Advisor to the museum in its project with NASA to bring, and permanently exhibit, the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the CSC.

HM Bark Endeavour Replica | Endeavour replica in Cooktown, Queensland harbour — anchored where the original Endeavour was beached for 7 weeks in 1770.

After driving about since it left Victoria crater, Opportunity first saw the rim of Endeavour crater on March 7, 2009.

Solander helped make and describe an important collection of Australian plants while the Endeavour was beached at the site of present-day Cooktown for nearly 7 weeks, after being damaged on the Great Barrier Reef.

The fourth EVA began on 7 December 1993, while Endeavour was flying over Egypt at 10: 13 pm EST with Thornton and Akers.

After having traveled 4, 433, 772 miles ( 7, 135, 464 km ) in 163 orbits of the Earth, Covey landed the Endeavour at night on the runway at the Kennedy Space Center on December 13, 1993.

STS-113 came to a close when Endeavour glided in to a landing at Kennedy Space Center on 7 December.

Brandenstein also commanded the crew of STS-49 ( May 7 – 16, 1992 ), on the maiden flight of the new Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Endeavour began its sixth mission on the morning of 9 April 1994 with an on-time launch at 7: 05 am Eastern time.

At 7: 07 pm EST, Endeavour ’ s payload bay doors were closed for entry.

Endeavour wrapped up a 4. 7 million mile mission, and the first to the International Space Station.

The hatches were opened between Endeavour and the ISS Destiny Laboratory on December 7, enabling the ten crew members to greet one another.

After two days Endeavour docked with the International Space Station ( ISS ) on June 7, 2002 at 16: 25 UTC.

Launched on December 5, 2001, at 22: 19: 28 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center, Endeavour docked with the International Space Station ( ISS ) on December 7, 2001, at 20: 03 UTC.

Endeavour circled the Earth 183 times and traveled 4. 7 million miles during the 11-day flight.

On her second flight, Dr. Thornton served on the crew of STS-49, May 7 – 16, 1992, on board the maiden flight of the new Space Shuttle Endeavour.

After two days Endeavour docked with the International Space Station ( ISS ) on June 7, 2002 at 16: 25 UTC.

The Expedition 5 crew returned to Earth on December 7, 2002, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-113 mission.

The tiny community of Marton, Queensland, Australia, upstream from Cooktown on the banks of the Endeavour River, was named after James Cook's birthplace in remembrance of his 7 week stay in the region in 1770.

James Cook's ship, Endeavour on October 7, 1769, Cook having promised a reward to the first crewman to sight land.