STS-47

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = STS-47
insignia = Sts-47-patch.png shuttle = Endeavour
launch_pad = 39-B
launch = 12 September, 1992, 10:23:00.0680 a.m. EDT.
landing = 20 September, 1992, 8:53:24 a.m. EDT, Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center. FL
duration = 7 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds
altitude = 166 nautical miles (307 km)
inclination = 57.0 degrees
orbits = 126
distance = 3,271,844 miles (5,265,523 km)
crew_photo = STS-47_crew.jpg
crew_caption =
previous = STS-46
next = STS-52

STS-47 Shuttle mission was the 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program.

Crew

*Robert L. Gibson (4), Commander
*Curtis L. Brown, Jr. (1), Pilot
*Mark C. Lee (2), Payload Commander
*N. Jan Davis (1), Mission Specialist
*Jay Apt (2), Mission Specialist
*Mae C. Jemison (1), Mission Specialist
*Mamoru Mohri (1), Payload Specialist - flag|Japan NASDA

Crew notes

*Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Backup Payload Specialist - flag|Japan NASDA
*Takao Doi, Backup Payload Specialist - flag|Japan NASDA
*Stanley L. Koszelak, Backup Payload Specialist

Mission parameters

*Mass:
**"Orbiter landing with payload:" 99,450 kg
**"Payload:" 12,485 kg
*Perigee: 297 km
*Apogee: 310 km
*Inclination: 57.0°
*Period: 7 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds

Mission highlights

Spacelab-J -- a joint NASA and National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) mission utilizing a manned Spacelab module -- conducted microgravity investigations in materials and life sciences. The international crew, consisting of the first Japanese astronaut to fly aboard the Shuttle, the first African-American woman to fly in space and the first married couple to fly on the same space mission, was divided into red and blue teams for around the clock operations. Spacelab-J included 24 materials science and 20 life sciences experiments, of which 35 were sponsored by NASDA, 7 by NASA and 2 collaborative efforts.

Materials science investigations covered such fields as biotechnology, electronic materials, fluid dynamics and transport phenomena, glasses and ceramics, metals and alloys, and acceleration measurements. Life sciences included experiments on human health, cell separation and biology, developmental biology, animal and human physiology and behavior, space radiation, and biological rhythms. Test subjects included the crew, Japanese koi fish (carp), cultured animal and plant cells, chicken embryos, fruit flies, fungi and plant seeds, and frogs and frog eggs.

Twelve Get Away Special (GAS) canisters (10 with experiments, 2 with ballast) were carried in the payload bay. Middeck experiments were: Israeli Space Agency Investigation About Hornets (ISAIAH), Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE), Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX II), Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS), and Ultraviolet Plume Imager (UVPI).

Amongst the GAS Cansisters was G-102 Sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America's Exploring Division in cooperation with the TRW Systems Integration Group, Fairfax, Va. The project was named Project POSTAR which was the first space experiment created entirely by members of the Boy Scouts of America.

ee also

*Space science
*Space shuttle
*List of space shuttle missions
*List of human spaceflights chronologically
*Project POSTAR

External links

* [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-47/mission-sts-47.html NASA mission summary]
* [http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle50.htm STS-47 Video Highlights]
* [http://www.sossi.org/aero/postar.htm Project POSTAR]