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    STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter. Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center...
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    Ken Bowersox (section STS-50)
    extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS-73 at the age of 38 years and 11 months, he became the youngest person to...
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    Group 9 in 1980. She flew in space five times, on the STS-61-A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71 and STS-89, and trained in Russia as a cosmonaut. Dunbar left NASA...
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    Hoffman of Garn after STS-51-D.: 40, 48, 50–52  All were international astronauts. Marc Garneau – mission specialist on STS-77, STS-97 Mamoru Mohri – mission...
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    STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98 Mae Jemison – STS-47 Tamara Jernigan – STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 Brent Jett – STS-72, STS-81, STS-97...
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  • Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 Guion Bluford — STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Karol...
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    2003, Columbia disintegrated upon reentry, killing the seven-member crew of STS-107 and destroying most of the scientific payloads aboard. The Columbia Accident...
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    maintenance period from August 10, 1991, through February 9, 1992, prior to STS-50, which was the first EDO flight. From 1992, through 1994, Atlantis went...
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    missions (IML-1 on STS-42 and IML-2 on STS-65), the United States Microgravity Laboratory missions (USML-1 on STS-50 and USML-2 on STS-73), the Japanese...
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    Sun. In June 1992, Richards commanded the crew of STS-50 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. STS-50 was the first flight of the United States Microgravity...
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