STS-69
STS-69 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission flown in September 1995. The crew deployed and retrieved both SPARTAN 201-03 and Wake Shield Facility-2, the first Shuttle mission to deploy and retrieve two different free-flying payloads. Voss and Gernhardt also performed a six-hour, forty-six-minute spacewalk to evaluate tools, suit improvements, and assembly techniques for future International Space Station work.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Endeavour STS-69SPARTAN 201-03Wake Shield Facility-2WSF-2Dog Crew IISTS 69
- Name
- STS-69
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- STS-69 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission flown in September 1995. The crew deployed and retrieved both SPARTAN 201-03 and Wake Shield Facility-2, the first Shuttle mission to deploy and retrieve two different free-flying payloads. Voss and Gernhardt also performed a six-hour, forty-six-minute spacewalk to evaluate tools, suit improvements, and assembly techniques for future International Space Station work.
- End Date
- 1995-09-18
- Landing Facility
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully became the first Shuttle mission to deploy and retrieve two different free-flying payloads, SPARTAN 201-03 and WSF-2, and completed an ISS-assembly test EVA; WSF-2 completed four of seven planned thin-film growth runs after intermittent safe-mode and payload-control issues.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1995-09-07
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-69/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-69
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- Creation Time
- June 30, 2026 at 19:47:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:21 UTC
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