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STS-45
	Experiments in Atlantis' payload bay
Mission type	Research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1992-015A
SATCAT no.	21915
Mission duration	8 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes, 28 seconds
Distance travelled	5,211,340 kilometers (3,238,180 mi)
Orbits completed	143
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Atlantis
Landing mass	93,009 kilograms (205,050 lb)
Payload mass	9,947 kilograms (21,929 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	David C. Leestma; Michael Foale; Dirk Frimout; Byron K. Lichtenberg
Start of mission
Launch date	24 March 1992, 13:13:39 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date	2 April 1992, 11:23 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	282 kilometres (175 mi)
Apogee altitude	294 kilometres (183 mi)
Inclination	57.0 degrees
Period	90.3 min
	; Left to right - Seated: Duffy, Bolden; Standing: Lichtenberg, Foale, Leestma, Sullivan, Frimout Space Shuttle program ← STS-42 STS-49 →

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STS-45 was a 1992 Space Shuttle mission using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Its almost nine-day scientific mission was with a non-deployable payload of instruments. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th for Atlantis.

Crew


Position	Astronaut
Commander	Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Third spaceflight
Pilot	Brian Duffy First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1	Kathryn D. Sullivan Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2	David C. Leestma Third spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3	Michael Foale First spaceflight
Payload Specialist 1	Dirk Frimout , ESA Only spaceflight
Payload Specialist 2	Byron K. Lichtenberg Second spaceflight

Backup crew


Position	Astronaut
Payload Specialist 1	Michael Lampton First spaceflight
Payload Specialist 2	Charles R. Chappell First spaceflight

Crew seating arrangements

Seat^[1]	Launch	Landing	Seats 1–4 are on the Flight Deck. Seats 5–7 are on the Middeck.
S1	Bolden	Bolden
S2	Duffy	Duffy
S3	Sullivan	Foale
S4	Leestma	Leestma
S5	Foale	Sullivan
S6	Frimout	Frimout
S7	Lichtenberg	Lichtenberg

Mission highlights

Atlantis was launched on 24 March 1992, at 8:13 am EST. The launch was originally scheduled for 23 March, but was delayed by one day because of higher-than-allowable concentrations of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the

orbiter

's aft compartment during tanking operations. During troubleshooting, the leaks could not be reproduced, leading engineers to believe that they were the result of plumbing in the main propulsion system not thermally conditioned to the cryogenic propellants; the launch was rescheduled for 24 March. Atlantis weighed 105,982 kilograms (233,650 lb) at launch.

STS-45 carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) experiments, placed on

Get Away Special

(GAS) experiment and six mid-deck experiments.

The mission was extended by a day in order to continue science experiments. The landing occurred on 2 April 1992, 6:23 am EST, on Runway 33 of the Shuttle Landing Facility, located at the Kennedy Space Center. The rollout distance was 2,812 metres (9,226 ft) and Atlantis weighed 93,005 kilograms (205,041 lb) on landing.

Stock Footage

Stock footage from the launch of this mission was used in the

Chucklevision

episode Kidnapped.

Sources

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

.

NASA mission summary

References

^ "STS-45". Spacefacts. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

External links

STS-45 Video Highlights

[1] "STS-45". Spacefacts. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

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 ''Atlantis'' was launched on 24 March 1992, at 8:13&nbsp;am EST. The launch was originally scheduled for 23 March, but was delayed by one day because of higher-than-allowable concentrations of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the [[orbiter]]'s aft compartment during tanking operations. During troubleshooting, the leaks could not be reproduced, leading engineers to believe that they were the result of plumbing in the main propulsion system not thermally conditioned to the cryogenic propellants; the launch was rescheduled for 24 March. ''Atlantis'' weighed {{convert|105982|kg}} at launch.
-STS-45 carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) experiments, placed on [[Spacelab]] pallets mounted in the orbiter's payload bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the United States, [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Belgium]], [[Switzerland]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Japan]], conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy. ATLAS-1 instruments included the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS); Grille Spectrometer; Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS); Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO); Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions (ALAE); Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager (AEPI); Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC); Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR); Measurement of Solar Constant (SOLCON); Solar Spectrum ([http://www.aerov.jussieu.fr/projet/SOLSPEC SOLSPEC]); Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM); and Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST). Other payloads included the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) experiment, a [[Get Away Special]] (GAS) experiment and six mid-deck experiments.
+STS-45 carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) experiments, placed on [[Spacelab]] pallets mounted in the orbiter's payload bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the United States, [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Belgium]], [[Switzerland]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Japan]], conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy. ATLAS-1 instruments included the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS); Grille Spectrometer; Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS); Imaging Spectrometric Observatory (ISO); Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions (ALAE); Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager (AEPI); Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC); Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR); Measurement of Solar Constant (SOLCON); Solar Spectrum ([https://archive.is/20121218095842/http://www.aerov.jussieu.fr/projet/SOLSPEC SOLSPEC]); Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM); and Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST). Other payloads included the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) experiment, a [[Get Away Special]] (GAS) experiment and six mid-deck experiments.
 The mission was extended by a day in order to continue science experiments. The landing occurred on 2 April 1992, 6:23&nbsp;am EST, on Runway 33 of the [[Shuttle Landing Facility]], located at the [[Kennedy Space Center]]. The rollout distance was {{convert|2812|m}} and ''Atlantis'' weighed {{convert|93005|kg}} on landing.

v t e Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104)
Completed flights	STS-51-J STS-61-B STS-27 STS-30 STS-34 STS-36 STS-38 STS-37 STS-43 STS-44 STS-45 STS-46 STS-66 STS-71 STS-74 STS-76 STS-79 STS-81 STS-84 STS-86 STS-101 STS-106 STS-98 STS-104 STS-110 STS-112 STS-115 STS-117 STS-122 STS-125 STS-129 STS-132 STS-135
Status	Retired
On display	Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island, Florida

v t e ← 1991 Orbital launches in 1992 1993 →
January	Kosmos 2175 STS-42 Kosmos 2176 Progress M-11 Kosmos 2177, Kosmos 2178, Kosmos 2179
February	Unnamed USA-78 Fuyo 1 Kosmos 2180 USA-79 Superbird B1, Arabsat 1C
March	Molniya 1-83 Kosmos 2181 Galaxy 5 Soyuz TM-14 STS-45
April	Kosmos 2182 Gorizont No.36L Kosmos 2183 USA-80 Kosmos 2184 Telecom 2B, Inmarsat-2 F4 Progress M-12 USA-81 Resurs-F2 No.8 Kosmos 2185
May	STS-49 Palapa B4 SROSS-C Kosmos 2186
June	Kosmos 2187, Kosmos 2188, Kosmos 2189, Kosmos 2190, Kosmos 2191, Kosmos 2192, Kosmos 2193, Kosmos 2194 EUVE Intelsat K Resurs-F1 No.55 STS-50 Progress M-13
July	Kosmos 2195 USA-82 SAMPEX USA-83 Kosmos 2196 INSAT-2A, Eutelsat-2 F4 Kosmos 2197, Kosmos 2198, Kosmos 2199, Kosmos 2200, Kosmos 2201, Kosmos 2202 Gorizont No.37L Geotail, DUVE Kosmos 2203 Soyuz TM-15 Kosmos 2204, Kosmos 2205, Kosmos 2206 Kosmos 2207 TSS-1 )
August	Molniya 1-84 FSW-13 Uribyol 1, S80/T Kosmos 2208 Optus B1 Progress M-14 Resurs-F1 No.54, Pion-Germes 1, Pion-Germes 2 Galaxy 1R Satcom C4
September	USA-84 Kosmos 2209 Hispasat 1A, Satcom C3 STS-47 Kosmos 2210 Mars Observer
October	FSW-14, Freja Foton No.8L DFS-Kopernikus 3 Molniya-3 No.50 Kosmos 2211, Kosmos 2212, Kosmos 2213, Kosmos 2214, Kosmos 2215, Kosmos 2216 Kosmos 2217 STS-52 (LAGEOS-2, CTA) Progress M-15 (Znamya-2) Galaxy 7 Kosmos 2218 Ekran-M No.15L
November	Resurs 500 Kosmos 2219 Kosmos 2220 MSTI-1 USA-85 Kosmos 2221 Kosmos 2222 Gorizont No.38L USA-86
December	Superbird A1 Molniya-3 No.56 STS-53 (USA-89, ODERACS) Kosmos 2223 Kosmos 2224 USA-87 Optus B2 Kosmos 2226 Kosmos 2225 Kosmos 2227 Kosmos 2228 Kosmos 2229
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).