STS-27
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sts-27-170-770143
title:
STS-27
text:
STS-27 was the 27th NASA Space Shuttle mission, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Launching on December 2, 1988, on a four-day mission, it was the second shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of January 1986. STS-27 carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), ultimately determined to be a Lacrosse surveillance satellite. The vessel's heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, and crew members thought that they would die
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1988 near-disastrous American crewed spaceflight to deploy Lacrosse 1
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-27
date created:
2004-03-01T20:53:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T19:50:41Z
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