Sunday, April 5, 2020

Atlantis (STS-37) launched 1991

STS-37 crew
Front row (L-R): Kenneth Cameron, Steven Nagel, Linda Godwin
Back row (L-R): Jay Apt, Jerry Ross

Mission patch

Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-37), launched April 5, 1991, carried the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) and the Chadra X-ray Observatory into space.  Its crew consisted of Commander Steven Nagel, Pilot Kenneth Cameron, Linda Godwin, Jerry Ross and Jay Apt.

Ross and Apt conducted two EVAs during the mission for a total of more than 10 hours.  The crew returned to Earth April 11.



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