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STS-73

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STS-73 was a Space Shuttle program mission, during October–November 1995, on board the space shuttle Columbia. The mission was the second mission for the United States Microgravity Laboratory. The crew, who spent 16 days in space, were broken up into 2 teams, the red team and the blue team. The…

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What it put in orbit1 catalogued object
ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
STS 73 1995-056A Payload re-entered 1995-11-05

COSPAR ID 1995-056. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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