STS-59 was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle program.

1994年4月9日 · STS-59 Mission Facts. Mission: Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-1) Space Shuttle: Endeavour Launch Pad: 39A Launched: April 9, 1994 at 7:05 a.m. EDT Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Landing: April 20, 1994, 9:54:30 a.m. PDT Runway: 22 Rollout Distance: 10,691 feet Rollout Time: 54 seconds Revolution: 183

sts-59 是历史上第六十一次航天飞机任务，也是奮進號太空梭的第六次太空飞行。

1994年9月4日 · STS-59 carried out the Space Radar Laboratory payload in Endeavour's cargo bay to give scientists highly detailed information that will help them distinguish human-induced environmental changes from other natural forms of change. The crew took radar images of the Earth and Earth observations photography (more than 14,000 still photographs).

1993年12月13日 · STS-59 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. STS-59 — Endeavour. 62nd Space Shuttle Mission. 6th Flight of Endeavour. Crew: Sidney M. Gutierrez, Commander. Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot. Linda M. Godwin, Payload Commander. Jay Apt, Mission Specialist. Michael R. Clifford, Mission Specialist. Thomas D. Jones, Mission Specialist. Orbiter Preparations:

The STS-59 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 (SSME) systems performance during the sixty-second flight of the Space Shuttle Program and sixth flight of the Orbiter ...

Orbit: Altitude: 121 nm Inclination: 57 degrees Orbits: 183 Duration: 11 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, 30 seconds Distance: 4,704,875 miles. Landing: Location: Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA [40] Date: 20 April 1994 Time: 16:54:30 UTC Rollout: 54 seconds (3,259 meters, 10,691 feet)

2013年4月9日 · Three cutting-edge radar instruments, a CO pollution monitor, and a terrific view of the Aurora Australis. (NASA) Our job on SRL-1, STS-59, was to act as the space component of the Space Radar Lab science team, deployed all over the world.

The STS-59 mission's six astronauts held their traditional in-flight news conference answering questions about the significance of the mission. Following the news conference, Commander Sid Gutierrez, Pilot Kevin Chilton and Flight Engineer Rich Clifford checked the orbiter systems while the payload crew of Mission Specialists Linda Godwin, Jay ...

The STS-59 mission will fly the first cooperative initiative with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The joint initiative in cell biology will use a special cell culture system developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. …