The flight crew (Blaha, Baker, Low, Adamson, and Lucid) present and discuss their STS-43 Space Shuttle Mission in this press conference video. This mission was the first flight to deploy the Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS), the primary payload. A large number of secondary payload experiments were performed. The included: several cell tissue growth and enzyme analysis experiments; a Lower Body Negative Pressure Experiment; optic coupling and flame front propagation/combustion physics experiments; The Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Experiment (SHARE) for the Space Station; a crystal control device evaluation; a software and hardware systems checkout for the Shuttle; some flight tests of the new orbiter auto-pilot system; some materials tests on polymer membranes; the Zero Gravity physics experiments; and the Space Shuttle Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment. Earth views included: the Kuwait oil fires; cloud cover; and B/W lightning footage.
[STS-43 Post Flight Press Conference]
1991-01-01
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