STS-42

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
abbreviation IML-1
commander Ronald J. Grabe
country 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 International Microgravity Laboratory-1
payloadSpecialist Roberta Bondar
Ulf Merbold
pilot Stephen S. Oswald
precededBy STS-44
program Space Shuttle program
spaceAgencyInvolvement Canadian Space Agency
European Space Agency
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
year 1992

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Roberta Bondar
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