STS-28 was the 30th NASA Space Shuttle mission, the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defense (DoD) purposes, and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle …

Aug 30, 2023 · Fourth mission dedicated to the Department of Defense, and first flight of Columbia since Mission 61-C. An overview of this shuttle's flights.

Mar 31, 2020 · Postflight analysis of STS-28 discovered unusual heating of the thermal protection system (TPS) during re-entry, caused by an early transition to turbulent plasma flow around …

August 13, 1989 – 6:37:08 a.m. PDT at Runway 17, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Rollout distance was 6,015 feet. Rollout time was 47 seconds. Mission duration was 5 days, 1 hour, 0 …

Sep 4, 2012 · STS-28 is the first mission since the return to flight that rookies outnumber spaceflight veterans. The flight will provide the astronaut corps, recently hit by the...

STS-28 was the 30th NASA Space Shuttle mission, the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defense (DoD) purposes, and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia.

May 1, 2015 · The STS 28 crew included Commander Brewster H. Shaw, Pilot Richard N. Richards and mission specialists David C Leestma, James C. Adamson and Mark N. Brown. …

Shuttle crews deployed dozens of commercial satellites and two interplanetary probes to Venus and Jupiter. The Shuttle served as a mini space station and hosted hundreds of biomedical, …

Landed at: Runway 17 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, . Landing Speed: 287 kph. Touchdown miss distance: 1,618.00 m. Landing Rollout: 1,833.00 m. Payloads: DoD Mission. …

It depicts America (the eagle) guiding the space program (the space shuttle) safely home from an orbital mission. The view looks south on Baja California and the west coast of the United …