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STS-70
Space Shuttle · Communications
1995Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Mission
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
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Mission Facts
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- LSOC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39B
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- Data source
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