STS-42

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NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-42 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission focused on microgravity and life sciences research, notable for carrying Roberta Bondar as Canada’s first female astronaut in space.

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Label	Occurrences
STS-42 canonical	11

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA spaceflight ⓘ Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
abbreviation	IML-1 ⓘ
commander	Ronald J. Grabe ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crewMember	David C. Hilmers ⓘ Norman E. Thagard ⓘ Roberta Bondar ⓘ Ronald J. Grabe ⓘ Stephen S. Oswald ⓘ Ulf Merbold ⓘ William F. Readdy ⓘ
crewSize	7 ⓘ
focus	human physiology in microgravity ⓘ life sciences experiments ⓘ materials science experiments ⓘ microgravity experiments ⓘ space biology ⓘ
followedBy	STS-45 ⓘ
inclination	57.0 degrees ⓘ
landingDate	1992-01-30 ⓘ
landingSite	Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
launchDate	1992-01-22 ⓘ
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle	Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
missionDuration	1 hour ⓘ 15 minutes ⓘ 26 seconds ⓘ 8 days ⓘ
missionSpecialist	David C. Hilmers ⓘ Norman E. Thagard ⓘ William F. Readdy ⓘ
missionType	life sciences research mission ⓘ microgravity research mission ⓘ
notableFor	carrying Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut in space ⓘ first flight of the International Microgravity Laboratory ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbit	Low Earth orbit ⓘ
orbiter	Discovery ⓘ
orbitPeriod	90.6 minutes ⓘ
orbitsCompleted	128 ⓘ
payload	Spacelab missions ⓘ surface form: International Microgravity Laboratory-1
payloadSpecialist	Roberta Bondar ⓘ Ulf Merbold ⓘ
pilot	Stephen S. Oswald ⓘ
precededBy	STS-44 ⓘ
program	NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle program
spaceAgencyInvolvement	Canadian Space Agency ⓘ European Space Agency ⓘ
spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
year	1992 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roberta Bondar → spaceMission → STS-42 ⓘ

STS-45 → precededBy → STS-42 ⓘ

IML-1 → nasaMissionDesignation → STS-42 ⓘ

Ulf Merbold → spaceMission → STS-42 ⓘ

STS-44 → followedBy → STS-42 ⓘ

Norman E. Thagard → spaceMission → STS-42 ⓘ

International Microgravity Laboratory 1 → missionDesignation → STS-42 ⓘ

David C. Hilmers → spaceMission → STS-42 ⓘ

Ronald J. Grabe → spaceMission → STS-42 ⓘ

Stephen S. Oswald → spaceMission → STS-42 ⓘ

William F. Readdy → spaceMission → STS-42 ⓘ