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STS-92 - Towing operation STS-92 - Towing operation

Photo Number: EC00-0311-6
Photo Date: October 24, 2000

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Ground crews worked into the evening to prepare the Space Shuttle Discovery for towing back to NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center after its landing at Edwards Air Force Base on October 24, 2000. The landing marked the end of the STS-92 mission.

Project
Description:
STS-92 was the 100th mission since the fleet of four Space Shuttles began flying in 1981. (Due to schedule changes, missions are not always launched in the order that was originally planned.) The almost 13-day mission, the 46th Shuttle mission to land at Edwards, was the last construction mission for the International Space Station prior to the first scientists taking up residency in the orbiting space laboratory the following month. The seven-member crew on STS-92 included mission specialists Koichi Wakata, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Wisoff, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, pilot Pam Melroy and mission commander Brian Duffy.

NASA Photo by: Tom Tschida

Keywords: Space Shuttle; STS-92; Koichi Wakata; Michael Lopez-Alegria; Jeff Wisoff; Bill McArthur; Leroy Chiao; pilot Pam Melroy; mission commander Brian Duffy; Space Transportation System; 100th STS mission; Discovery; Edwards Air Force Base; International Space Station; NASA Dryden Flight Research Center


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