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Atlantis Awaits Launch
(Photo by NASA)
The Cosmic Reporter
"Atlantis Crew To
Study Sun and Earth”
by Tim Linder
At this writing the Space
Shuttle Atlantis was being pre
pared for an 8:01 a.m. lift off
Monday morning, March 23rd.
However bad weather was
threatening to delay Atlantis'
departure from the Kennedy
Space Center's launch pad 39A
for a day or more. With a little
luck and barring any unforeseen
mechanical problems, Altantis
and her crew should now be in
Earth orbit on an 8-day mission
to study the sun and the Earth's
atmosphere.
During this mission, desig
nated STS-45, Atlantis will
carry in its payload bay an
international array of 12 instru
ments designed to study solar
radiation, the chemical compo
sition of the Earth's atmosphere
and astronomical objects in the
ultraviolet portion of the spec
trum. The payload, called the
Atmospheric Laboratory for
Applications and Science, or
ATLAS-1 for short, is spon
sored jointly by the United
States, Belgium, France, Ger
many, Japan, the Netherlands
and Switzerlands.
Several other experiments will
also fly aboard Atlantis. The
Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-
violet (SSBUV) Instrument will
provide accurate measurements
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experiment called CLOU-
SE-1A will measure apparent
cloud cover at varying angles
for the Department of Defense.
Atlantis’ crew members will
also converse with school stu
dents as part of the Shuttle
Amateur Radio Experiment.
Atlantis' seven-member crew
will consist of Commander
Charles Bolden, Pilot Brian
Duffy, Mission Specialists
Kathryn Sullivan, David
Lecstma and Mike Foale and
Payload Specialists Byron
Lichtenberg and Dirk Frimout.
Bolden, a native of Columbia,
South Carolina will be making
his third spaceflight as will
Sullivan and Lecstma. Lichten
berg will be making his second
spaceflight while STS-45 will
be the first mission for Duffy,
Foale and Belgian scientist Dirk
Frimout.
Atlantis' crew will operate the
ATLAS-1 payload around the
clock in two 12-hour shifts
Leesima, Foale and Lichtenberg
will make up the Red Team
while the Blue Team will con-
° f D uf fy, Sul livan and
Frimout. Bolden hours will varv
as required during the flight
Provided launch takes place
as scheduled Atlantis will land
on the concrete runway at the
Kennedy Space Center at 6-08
a.m. on the morning of Tues
day, March 31st.
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Shuttle mission and the 11th
night for the Orbiter Atlantis
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