STS-47

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STS-47 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission notable for its joint U.S.–Japanese Spacelab science program and the first African American woman in space, Mae Jemison.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
callSign Endeavour NERFINISHED
carriedModule Spacelab module
carriedPressurizedModule Spacelab-J laboratory NERFINISHED
commander Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED
crewMember Curtis L. Brown Jr. NERFINISHED
Jay Apt NERFINISHED
Mae C. Jemison NERFINISHED
Mamoru Mohri NERFINISHED
Mark C. Lee NERFINISHED
N. Jan Davis NERFINISHED
Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED
crewSize 7
experimentCount over 40 experiments
focusArea biotechnology experiments
life sciences
materials science
microgravity research
followedBy STS-52 NERFINISHED
inclination 57.0 degrees
internationalCooperation United States–Japan joint mission NERFINISHED
landingDate 1992-09-20
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED
launchDate 1992-09-12
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED
missionDuration 7 days 22 hours 30 minutes
missionNumber 50th Space Shuttle mission
missionPatchFeature U.S. and Japanese symbols
missionSpecialist Mae C. Jemison NERFINISHED
Mark C. Lee NERFINISHED
N. Jan Davis NERFINISHED
missionType Spacelab science mission
notableFor first African American woman in space
first Japanese astronaut to fly on the Space Shuttle as a payload specialist
orbitApogee 303 km
orbiterMissionNumber 2nd flight of Endeavour NERFINISHED
orbitPerigee 296 km
orbitPeriod 90.4 minutes
orbitsCompleted 126
partnerAgency NASDA NERFINISHED
partnerCountry Japan NERFINISHED
payloadSpecialist Jay Apt NERFINISHED
Mamoru Mohri NERFINISHED
pilot Curtis L. Brown Jr. NERFINISHED
precededBy STS-46 NERFINISHED
primaryPayload Spacelab-J NERFINISHED
program NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED
year 1992

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Spacelab-J officialName STS-47
Mark C. Lee participantIn STS-47
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-47