STS-62-A was a planned NASA Space Shuttle mission to deliver a reconnaissance payload (Teal Ruby) into polar orbit. It was expected to use Discovery. It would have been the first crewed launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and …

Mar 4, 1994 · Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on March 4, 1994 at 8:53:00 am (EST), the STS-62 mission carried two primary payloads; the U.S Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2) and the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology-2 (OAST-2).

Dec 18, 2005 · One of the most significant satellites destined to be launched from the Californian base was the state-of-the-art KH-12 imaging platform, which many observers felt could not reach its required...

May 1, 1994 · The STS-62 Space Shuttle Program Mission Report summarizes the Payload activities as well as the Orbiter, External Tank (ET), Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM), and the Space Shuttle main engine (SSHE) systems performance during the sixty-first flight of the Space Shuttle Program and sixteenth flight of the ...

STS-62 是历史上第六十次航天飞机任务，也是 哥倫比亞號太空梭 的第十六次太空飞行。

STS-62 will help scientists calibrate sensitive ozone- detecting instruments with the sixth flight of the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) Instrument. This highly calibrated tool is used to check data from ozone-measuring instruments on free-flying satellites -- NASA’s Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Feb 8, 2016 · It was 1986 and the U.S. Air Force was on the cusp of something unprecedented in human spaceflight — launching a space shuttle crew from California and paving the way for people to fly true polar...

STS-62 was the sixth Space Shuttle flight of the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) Instrument, a highly calibrated instrument that can be used to check data from ozone-measuring instruments on freeflying satellites.

STS-62-A was a planned Space Shuttle mission to deliver a reconnaissance payload (Teal Ruby) into polar orbit. It was expected to use Discovery. It would have been the first manned launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Nov 8, 1993 · STS-62 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. STS-62 — Columbia. 61st Space Shuttle Mission. 16th Flight of Columbia. Crew: John H. Casper, Commander. Andrew M. Allen, Pilot. Charles D. Gemar, Mission Specialist. Marsha S. Ivins, Mission Specialist. Pierre J. Thuot, Mission Specialist. Orbiter Preparations: Tow to Orbiter Processing Facility ...