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STS-26 Preflight Press Briefing: Flight Crew and TDRSThis NASA KSC video release presents part of a press conference held prior to Discovery flight STS-26, the first shuttle mission flown following the 51-L Challenger accident. The first portion of the video presents the 5 member flight crew, (Frederick H. Hauck, Commander, Richard O. Covey, Pilot, John M. Lounge, Mission Specialist, George D. Nelson, Mission Specialist, and David C. Hilmers, Mission Specialist) answering questions posed by scientific journalists. Inquiries are made regarding the approximately 250 changes implemented on the orbiter and boosters, failures that occurred during 51-L, astronaut attitudes about flying the first mission since the Challenger accident, and the issue of range safety. The second part of the video includes viewgraph presentations given by Dr. Dale W. Harris (TDRS Project Manager, Goddard Space Flight Center(GSFC)) and Gary A. Morse (Network Director, GSFC) that discuss the primary payload, the NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-3 (TDRS-3) that is attached to an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), and is the second TDRS deployed.
Document ID
20000012424
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Video
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
August 22, 1988
Subject Category
Space Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
NONP-NASA-VT-1999207901
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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