STS-59 Mission Patch
62nd Space Shuttle Mission
6th Flight of Endeavour
Crew:
Sidney M. Gutierrez, Commander
Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot
Linda M. Godwin, Payload Commander
Jay Apt, Mission Specialist
Michael R. Clifford, Mission Specialist
Thomas D. Jones, Mission Specialist
The primary payload was the Space Radar Laboratory-1 (SRL-1), located in the payload bay and operated from the ground. SRL-1 included the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C, the X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) and an atmospheric instrument called Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS).
62nd Space Shuttle Mission
6th Flight of Endeavour
Crew:
Sidney M. Gutierrez, Commander
Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot
Linda M. Godwin, Payload Commander
Jay Apt, Mission Specialist
Michael R. Clifford, Mission Specialist
Thomas D. Jones, Mission Specialist
The primary payload was the Space Radar Laboratory-1 (SRL-1), located in the payload bay and operated from the ground. SRL-1 included the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C, the X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) and an atmospheric instrument called Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS).
Description
62nd Space Shuttle Mission
6th Flight of Endeavour
Crew:
Sidney M. Gutierrez, Commander
Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot
Linda M. Godwin, Payload Commander
Jay Apt, Mission Specialist
Michael R. Clifford, Mission Specialist
Thomas D. Jones, Mission Specialist
The primary payload was the Space Radar Laboratory-1 (SRL-1), located in the payload bay and operated from the ground. SRL-1 included the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C, the X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) and an atmospheric instrument called Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS).
