Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 136

STS-37

Atlantis (8)

USA

STS-37 patch Patch STS-37 GRO

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  05.04.1991
Launch time:  14:22 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  459 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  11.04.1991
Landing time:  13:55 UT
Landing site:  Edwards AFB

walkout photo

Crew STS-37

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alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Nagel  Steven Ray  CDR 3 5d 23h 32m  93 
2 USA  Cameron  Kenneth Donald  PLT 1 5d 23h 32m  93 
3 USA  Godwin  Linda Maxine  MSP 1 5d 23h 32m  93 
4 USA  Ross  Jerry Lynn  MSP 3 5d 23h 32m  93 
5 USA  Apt  Jerome "Jay"  MSP 1 5d 23h 32m  93 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Nagel
2  Cameron
3  Godwin
4  Ross
5  Apt
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Nagel
2  Cameron
3  Apt
4  Ross
5  Godwin

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards AFB.

Deploying of the Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) weight: 17,5 t, on flight day 3. Unscheduled EVA by Ross and Apt on 07.04.1991 (4h 24m) to free and deploy the failed GRO high-gain antenna. Second (scheduled) EVA by Ross and Apt on 08.04.1991 (6h 11m) to test to move themselves and equipment for planned ISS. The spacewalk was to test methods of moving crew members and equipment around the future Space Station.

Several other experiments included the Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Experiment (SHARE II) and the Bioserve Instrumentation Technology Associates Materials Dispersion Apparatus (BIMDA) to explore the commercial potential of experiments in the biomedical, manufacturing processes and fluid sciences fields, as the SAREX (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment) and the Protein Crystal Growth experiment.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle Gamma Ray Observatory
Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) STS-37 rollout
STS-37 launch EVA Ross
traditional in-flight photo STS-37 STS-37 landing

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