The Story
38th Space Shuttle Mission
10th Flight of Columbia Crew:
Vance D. Brand, Commander
Guy S. Gardner, Pilot
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Mission Specialist
John M. Lounge, Mission Specialist
Robert A. R. Parker, Mission Specialist
Ronald A. Parise, Payload Specialist
Samuel T. Durrance, Payload Specialist
The mission's primary objective was the observation of celestial sphere of ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy with the ASTRO-1 observatory. ASTRO-1 consisted of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE), Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) and Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT).
Description
38th Space Shuttle Mission
10th Flight of Columbia Crew:
Vance D. Brand, Commander
Guy S. Gardner, Pilot
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Mission Specialist
John M. Lounge, Mission Specialist
Robert A. R. Parker, Mission Specialist
Ronald A. Parise, Payload Specialist
Samuel T. Durrance, Payload Specialist
The mission's primary objective was the observation of celestial sphere of ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy with the ASTRO-1 observatory. ASTRO-1 consisted of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE), Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) and Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT).
