Live footage shows the preflight briefing of the Get Away Special Experiment for STS-40. The focus of the discussion is the payloads that STS-40 will carry. Some of the experiments that are scheduled include crystal growth, melting and re-growing of gallium nitride, fluid behaviors, ecological alteration of plants, growth of semiconductors, thermal transfer, flux behavior, orbiter stability, and the effects of cosmic rays on floppy disks. Also shown is a video release of the STS-40/SLS-1 mission. The STS-40 crew, Commander Bryan D. O'Connor, Pilot Sidney M. Gutierrez, Mission Specialists James P. Bagian, Tamara E. Jernigan, M. Rhea Seddon, and Payload Specialists F. Drew Gaffney, and Millie-Hughes Fulford, are seen while they exercise and perform their experiments.


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    Title :

    STS-40 Get Away Special Experiment Preflight Briefing


    Publication date :

    1991-05-15


    Type of media :

    Audio-visual


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English