COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Record
Title:
STS-64 Launch
Full Description:
The Space Shuttle Discovery soars skyward from Launch Pad 39B on Mission STS-64 at 6:22:35 p.m. EDT, September 9, 1994. On board are a crew of six: Commander Richard N. Richards; Pilot L. Blaine Hammond Jr.; and Mission Specialists Mark C. Lee, Carl J. Meade, Susan J. Helms and Dr. J.M. Linenger. Payloads for the flight include the Lidar InSpace Technology Experiment (LITE), the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN201) and the Robot Operated Processing System (ROMPS). Mission Specialists Lee and Meade also are scheduled to perform an extravehicular activity during the 64th Shuttle mission.
Date:
9/9/1994
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Rocket Launches
Keywords:
Discovery
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_who:
Richard N. Richards
facet_when:
9-9-1994
facet_when_year:
1994
Image #:
94PC-1137
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-000762
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
94PC-1137
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000762
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL
