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.

Statements (51)

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 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Roberta Bondar →	spaceMission