STS-32

Mission Insignia
Mission Statistics
Mission:	STS-32
Shuttle:	Columbia
Launch Pad:	39-A
Launch:	January 9, 1990,7:35:00 a.m. EST
Landing:	January 20, 1990, 1:35:37 a.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base
Duration:	10/21:00:36
Orbit Altitude:	178 nautical miles
Orbit Inclination:	28.5 degrees
Miles Traveled:	4,509,972
Crew Photo
Clockwise from left: Ivins, Low, Dunbar, Wetherbee, Brandenstein.

STS-32 was the 33rd launch of the Space Shuttle, the 9th launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. It executed the third night landing.

Table of contents

1 Crew 2 Mission Highlights 2.1 Middeck payloads 3 External links

Crew

• Daniel C. Brandenstein (3), Commander
• James D. Wetherbee (1), Pilot
• Bonnie J. Dunbar (2), Mission Specialist 1
• G. David Low (1), Mission Specialist 2
• Marsha S. Ivins (1), Mission Specialist 3

Mission Highlights

The crew of STS-32 deployed the SYNCOM IV-F5 defense communications satellite and retrieved NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). They deployed SYNCOM IV-F5 (also known as LEASAT 5) first; a third stage Minuteman solid perigee kick motor propelled the satellite to geosynchronous orbit. The crew retrieved LDEF on flight day four using the remote manipulator system.

Middeck payloads

• Characterization of Neurospora Circadian Rhythms (CNCR)
• Protein Crystal Growth (PCG)
• Fluid Experiment Apparatus (FEA)
• American Flight Echocardiograph (AFE)
• Latitude /Longitude Locator (L3)
• Mesoscale Lightning Experiment(MLE)
• IMAX camera
• Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) experiment

External links

• NASA mission overview
• Additional information

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