Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission: STS-32 Shuttle: Columbia Launch Pad: 39-A Launch: January 9, 1990,7:35:00 a.m. EST Landing: January 20, 1990, 1:35:37 a.m. PST, Edwards Air Force Base Duration: 10/21:00:36 Orbit Altitude: 178 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 28.5 degrees Miles Traveled: 4,509,972 Crew Photo Clockwise from left: Ivins, Low, Dunbar, Wetherbee, Brandenstein. STS-32 was the 33rd launch of the Space Shuttle, the 9th launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. It executed the third night landing. Table of contents 1 Crew 2 Mission Highlights 2.1 Middeck payloads 3 External links Crew Daniel C. Brandenstein (3), Commander James D. Wetherbee (1), Pilot Bonnie J. Dunbar (2), Mission Specialist 1 G. David Low (1), Mission Specialist 2 Marsha S. Ivins (1), Mission Specialist 3 Mission Highlights The crew of STS-32 deployed the SYNCOM IV-F5 defense communications satellite and retrieved NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). They deployed SYNCOM IV-F5 (also known as LEASAT 5) first; a third stage Minuteman solid perigee kick motor propelled the satellite to geosynchronous orbit. The crew retrieved LDEF on flight day four using the remote manipulator system. Middeck payloads Characterization of Neurospora Circadian Rhythms (CNCR) Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) Fluid Experiment Apparatus (FEA) American Flight Echocardiograph (AFE) Latitude /Longitude Locator (L3) Mesoscale Lightning Experiment(MLE) IMAX camera Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) experiment External links NASA mission overview Additional information Previous Mission: STS-33 Space Shuttle program Next Mission: STS-36 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.