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  1. STS-33 - Wikipedia

    • STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission and the 9th flight of Discovery, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was the 32nd shuttle mission overall, the ninth flight of Discovery, the fifth shuttle mission in support of the DoD, the seventh post-Space Shuttle Challenger disaster mission … See more

    NamesSpace Transportation System-33 · STS-33R
    Mission typeDoD satellite deployment
    OperatorNASA
    COSPAR ID1989-090A
    Mission background

    STS-33 was the original designation for the mission that became STS-51-L, the Challenger disaster. After Challenger's destruction, NASA recycled the mission numbering system back to STS-26, which was the 26t… See more

    Mission summary

    STS-33 was originally scheduled to launch on November 20, 1989, but was delayed because of problems with the integrated electronics assemblies which controlled the ignition and separation of the shuttle's solid rocket boos… See more

     
  1. STS-33 - NASA

  2. STS-33 Fact Sheet - Spaceline

    STS-33 was the 32nd Space Shuttle mission and the 9th flight of Discovery in November 1989. It was a classified Department of Defense mission with a crew of four and a landing at Edwards Air Force Base.

  3. Spaceflight mission report: STS-33

  4. STS-33 - NASA

  5. Shuttle on the Night Shift: 25 Years Since STS-33

    Nov 25, 2014 · Launched on the day before Thanksgiving, STS-33 became only the second team of shuttle astronauts—after Mission 61B in November 1985— to spend the holidays in orbit, and only the third group of U.S. spacefarers in …

  6. STS-33 - Encyclopedia Astronautica

    Duration: 5.00 days. Orbits of Earth: 78. Distance traveled: 3,218,687 km. Landed at: Concrete runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base, Cali. Landing Speed: 368 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 570.00 m. Landing Rollout: 2,366.00 m. …

  7. Space Shuttle Flight 32 (STS-33) Post Flight Presentation

  8. STS-33 CREW POST FLIGHT FILM : JSC - Archive.org

  9. STS-33 Launch : NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center - Archive.org