{"id":182496,"date":"2025-03-05T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=829384"},"modified":"2025-03-05T04:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:00:54","slug":"30-years-ago-sts-67-the-astro-2-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=182496","title":{"rendered":"30 Years Ago: STS-67, the Astro-2 Mission\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 2, 1995, space shuttle Endeavour launched from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its eighth trip into space, on the STS-67 Astro-2 mission. The crew included Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oswald_stephen.pdf?emrc=67c740e32cab3\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Oswald<\/a>, Pilot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gregory-william-b.pdf?emrc=67c740e32cbb4\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William Gregory<\/a>, Mission Specialists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grunsfeld_john_bio.pdf?emrc=67c740e32ccae\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Grunsfeld<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lawrence_wendy_0.pdf?emrc=67c740e32cd9e\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wendy Lawrence<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jernigan_tamara.pdf?emrc=67c740e32ce8d\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tamara Jernigan<\/a> \u2013 who served as payload commander on the mission \u2013 and Payload Specialists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/durrance.pdf?emrc=67c740e32cf7d\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samuel Durrance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/parise.pdf?emrc=67c740e32d06b\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ronald Parise<\/a>. During their then record setting 17-day mission, the astronauts used the three ultraviolet telescopes of the Astro-2 payload to observe hundreds of celestial objects. The mission ended with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Group photo of seven astronauts wearing orange spacesuits with no helmets, with a galaxy in the background.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=300,240 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=768,614 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=1024,819 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=1536,1229 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=2048,1638 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=400,320 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=600,480 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=900,720 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=1200,960 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-2-crew-portrait-sts067-s-002.jpg?resize=2000,1600 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Official photo of the STS-67 crew of Stephen Oswald, seated at left, Tamara Jernigan, and William Gregory; Ronald Parise, standing at left, Wendy Lawrence, John Grunsfeld, and Samuel Durrance. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Circular crew patch with a space shuttle and telescopes pointing out of the payload bay toward stars and Jupiter, with the astronauts&#039; names printed around the border.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg 2368w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-1-crew-patch-sts067-s-001.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The STS-67 crew patch. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?w=745\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Square patch with a space shuttle and a stylized spiral galaxy and the word ASTRO-2 printed in yellow capitals.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 29%; object-position: 50% 29%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-3-astro-2-patch.jpg?resize=600,600 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Astro-2 payload patch.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In August 1993, NASA assigned Jernigan as the payload commander for Astro-2, for a weeklong flight aboard Columbia then targeted for late 1994. Jernigan, selected by NASA in 1985, had previously flown aboard STS-40 and STS-52. Two months later, NASA assigned Grunsfeld, a space rookie from the class of 1992, as a mission specialist. In January 1994, NASA rounded out the crew by assigning Oswald, Gregory, Lawrence, Durrance, and Parise. Oswald, from the class of 1985, had flown previously as pilot on STS-42 and STS-56, while STS-67 represented the first spaceflight for Gregory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/35-years-ago-nasa-selects-its-13th-group-of-astronauts\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">selected in 1990<\/a>, and Lawrence, chosen in 1992. Durrance and Parise, selected as payload specialists in 1984, had flown on STS-35, the Astro-1 mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Daytime view of a space shuttle approaching its launch pad during rollout.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 37%; object-position: 52% 37%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=2048,1360 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=600,398 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=900,598 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=1200,797 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-4-rollout-feb-8-1995-ksc-95pc-0289.jpg?resize=2000,1328 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Space shuttle Endeavour rolls out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-5-tcdt.jpg?w=688\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Group photo of seven astronauts wearing blue flight suits in the White Room at the launch pad.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 52% 45%; object-position: 52% 45%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-5-tcdt.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-5-tcdt.jpg?resize=202,300 202w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-5-tcdt.jpg?resize=688,1024 688w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-5-tcdt.jpg?resize=269,400 269w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-5-tcdt.jpg?resize=403,600 403w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-5-tcdt.jpg?resize=605,900 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The STS-67 crew during a countdown demonstration test. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A group of seven astronauts wearing orange spacesuits without helmets walk out of a building to board a silver van.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 34%; object-position: 50% 34%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg?resize=300,235 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg?resize=768,600 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg?resize=1024,801 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg?resize=400,313 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg?resize=600,469 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-6-crew-walkout.jpg?resize=900,704 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The STS-67 astronauts walk out for their ride to the launch pad. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Astro-2 science payload consisted of three ultraviolet telescopes mounted on a Spacelab instrument pointing system in the shuttle\u2019s cargo bay. The trio of telescopes flew previously on STS-35, the Astro-1 mission, in December 1990. That mission, originally planned to fly on STS-61E in March 1986, remained grounded following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/35-years-ago-remembering-challenger-and-her-crew\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Challenger accident<\/a>. Due to equipment malfunctions, the Astro-1 mission only achieved 80% of its objectives, leading to the reflight of the instruments on Astro-2, originally planned as a seven-day mission aboard Discovery. A switch to Columbia enabled a mission twice as long, with significantly more observation time. A scheduled maintenance period for Columbia resulted in Astro-2 switching to Endeavour, with a new flight duration of more than 15 days, but a launch delay to February 1995. The three telescopes supported 23 different studies, observing more than 250 celestial objects including joint observations with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/30-years-ago-hubble-launched-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-universe\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> of the planet Jupiter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?w=819\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Nighttime view of a space shuttle launch\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 15%; object-position: 52% 15%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg 2136w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-7-launch-ksc-95pc0390.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on STS-67 to begin the Astro-2 mission.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of a space shuttle payload bay with several telescopes pointing out of the bay toward a black sky, with a portion of the Earth visible.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg 4027w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=768,501 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=1024,667 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=1536,1001 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=2048,1335 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=400,261 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=600,391 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=900,587 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=1200,782 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-8-telescopes-in-plb-sts067-371-028.jpg?resize=2000,1304 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Astro-2 telescopes deployed in Endeavour\u2019s payload bay. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Endeavour returned to Kennedy following its previous flight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/30-years-ago-sts-68-the-second-space-radar-lab-mission\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STS-68<\/a>, in October 1994. After servicing the orbiter, workers rolled it to the vehicle assembly building on Feb. 3, 1995, for mating with its external tank and solid rocket boosters, and then out to Launch Pad 39A on Feb. 8. At 1:38 a.m. EST on March 2, Endeavour thundered into the night sky to begin the STS-67 mission. Eight and a half minutes later, the shuttle and its crew had reached space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after reaching orbit, the crew opened the payload bay doors and deployed the shuttle\u2019s radiators. Jernigan and Durrance activated the Spacelab pallet and its pointing system and the telescopes. The crew split into two shifts to enable data collection around the clock during the mission. Oswald, Gregory, Grunsfeld, and Parise made up the red shift while Lawrence, Jernigan, and Durrance comprised the blue shift.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of a male astronaut wearing a blue polo shirt and working on an experiment in the shuttle middeck.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 0%; object-position: 52% 0%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg 3293w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=768,509 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=1024,678 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=1536,1017 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=2048,1356 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=400,265 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=600,397 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=900,596 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=1200,795 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-9-mace-sts067-306-008.jpg?resize=2000,1325 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Stephen Oswald conducts a session with the Middeck Active Control Experiment. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-10-pcg-9802890.jpg?w=1000\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of a female astronaut working on an experiment in the shuttle middeck.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-10-pcg-9802890.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-10-pcg-9802890.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-10-pcg-9802890.jpg?resize=768,523 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-10-pcg-9802890.jpg?resize=400,272 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-10-pcg-9802890.jpg?resize=600,409 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-10-pcg-9802890.jpg?resize=900,613 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Wendy Lawrence monitors a protein crystal growth apparatus. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-11-grunsfeld-durrance-operating-astro-2-from-aft-flight-deck.jpg?w=960\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View of two male astronauts with a laptop working in the shuttle&#039;s aft flight deck.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 27%; object-position: 51% 27%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-11-grunsfeld-durrance-operating-astro-2-from-aft-flight-deck.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-11-grunsfeld-durrance-operating-astro-2-from-aft-flight-deck.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-11-grunsfeld-durrance-operating-astro-2-from-aft-flight-deck.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-11-grunsfeld-durrance-operating-astro-2-from-aft-flight-deck.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-11-grunsfeld-durrance-operating-astro-2-from-aft-flight-deck.jpg?resize=600,401 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-11-grunsfeld-durrance-operating-astro-2-from-aft-flight-deck.jpg?resize=900,601 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">John Grunsfeld, left, and Samuel Durrance at the controls of the telescopes on the shuttle\u2019s aft flight deck. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of a male astronaut in a blue and white polo shirt working on an experiment in the shuttle middeck.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg 2255w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=768,498 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=1024,663 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=1536,995 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=2048,1327 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=400,259 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=600,389 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=900,583 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=1200,777 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-12-biotech-0300094.jpg?resize=2000,1296 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">William Gregory conducts a biotechnology experiment in Endeavour\u2019s middeck. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-13-daily-tags-9802889-1.jpg?w=1000\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of a male and a female astronaut holding a fanlike arrangement of paper between them.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 34%; object-position: 50% 34%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-13-daily-tags-9802889-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-13-daily-tags-9802889-1.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-13-daily-tags-9802889-1.jpg?resize=768,515 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-13-daily-tags-9802889-1.jpg?resize=400,268 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-13-daily-tags-9802889-1.jpg?resize=600,403 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-13-daily-tags-9802889-1.jpg?resize=900,604 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Samuel Durrance and Tamara Jernigan assemble the day\u2019s teleprinter message. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Image of a male astronaut floating near a shuttle overhead window.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg 3226w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=768,523 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=1024,698 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=1536,1047 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=2048,1395 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=400,273 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=600,409 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=900,613 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=1200,818 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-14-sts-sts067-321-007.jpg?resize=2000,1363 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Ronald Parise floats near the shuttle\u2019s overhead window.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the remainder of the mission, the astronauts operated the telescopes, conducting 385 maneuvers of Endeavour to point the instruments at the celestial targets. The results met or exceeded preflight expectations. The crew also conducted a series of middeck investigations in technology demonstration and biotechnology. The Middeck Active Control Experiment studied the active control of flexible structures in space. Five years later, a newer version flew as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/space-station-20th-first-nasa-research-on-iss\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first experiments<\/a> on the International Space Station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View from space of a gulf with blue waters and brown land on both sides.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg 5639w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-15-earth-obs-gulf-of-batabano-cuba-sts067-711a-068-rotated.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A selection of the STS-67 crew Earth observation photographs. Gulf of Batabano, Cuba.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View from space of a desert coastline on the right and ocean on the left.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg 6443w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=768,764 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=1024,1019 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=1536,1528 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=2048,2038 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=400,398 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=600,597 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=900,896 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=1200,1194 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-16-earth-obs-antofagasta-chile-sts067-716-025-rotated.jpg?resize=2000,1990 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Antofagasta, Chile. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?w=1008\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View from space of a mid-ocean volcano.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg 4464w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=295,300 295w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=768,780 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=1008,1024 1008w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=1512,1536 1512w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=2015,2048 2015w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=394,400 394w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=590,600 590w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=886,900 886w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=1181,1200 1181w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-17-earth-obs-barren-island-volcano-andaman-islands-sts067-721a-052.jpg?resize=1968,2000 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Volcanic eruption on Barren Island, Andaman Islands.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"View from space of a desert coastline on the right, with a blue water channel with several islands on the left.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg 4094w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-18-earth-obs-disappointment-reach-australia-sts067-725a-037.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Disappointment Reach, Western Australia. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like all space crews, the STS-67 astronauts also spent time taking photographs of the Earth using handheld cameras. The mission\u2019s long duration enabled them to image many targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Group photo of seven astronauts, three in front and four in back, on the shuttle&#039;s flight deck.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 6%; object-position: 51% 6%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg 4027w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=768,505 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=1024,674 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=1536,1011 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=2048,1348 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=400,263 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=600,395 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=900,592 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=1200,790 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-19-sts067-317-002.jpg?resize=2000,1316 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The seven-person STS-67 crew poses for an in-flight photo. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-20-landing-9504242.jpg?w=1000\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Photograph of a space shuttle landing on a desert runway with the drag chute open.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-20-landing-9504242.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-20-landing-9504242.jpg?resize=300,231 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-20-landing-9504242.jpg?resize=768,591 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-20-landing-9504242.jpg?resize=400,308 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-20-landing-9504242.jpg?resize=600,462 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sts-67-20-landing-9504242.jpg?resize=900,693 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Endeavour touches down at Edwards Air Force Base in California. <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On March 14, an eighth American joined the STS-67 crew in space when NASA astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/thagard_norman.pdf?emrc=67c740e32d165\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Norman Thagard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/space-station-20th-launch-of-mir-18-crew\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blasted off<\/a> with two cosmonauts, headed for space station Mir. With three other cosmonauts already aboard Mir, the total number of humans in orbit grew to a then-record of 13. Two days later, Oswald and Thagard, who had flown together on STS-42, talked to each other via ship-to-ship radio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inclement weather at Kennedy thwarted the planned reentry on March 17, and the astronauts spent an extra day in space. On March 18, they again waved off a Kennedy landing and one orbit later, Oswald and Gregory piloted Endeavour to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The crew had flown 262 orbits around the Earth in 16 days, 15 hours, and 9 minutes, at the time the longest space shuttle mission. A few hours later, a large crowd greeted the astronauts upon their return to Houston\u2019s Ellington Field. Endeavour began its ferry flight back to Kennedy on March 26, arriving there the next day. Workers towed Endeavour to the processing facility to prepare it for its next flight, STS-73, then planned for September 1995.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch the crew narrate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VYNIscAYJxw\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> about the STS-67 mission.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\n<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n<h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/nasas-hubble-celebrates-decade-of-tracking-outer-planets\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2024\/12\/STScI-01JE3XTEJX6GJJD7C81GKVV7AN.tif\" ><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">8 min read<\/div>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n<h3 class=\"related-article-title\">NASA\u2019s Hubble Celebrates Decade of Tracking Outer Planets<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-md color-carbon-60\">Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA\u2019s Voyager mission completed humankind\u2019s first close-up exploration of the four&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 months ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/hubble\/30-years-ago-hubble-launched-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-universe\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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