STS-9

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Mission insignia

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Mission statistics

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Mission:STS-9

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Shuttle:Columbia

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Launch pad: 39A

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Launch:November 28, 198316:00:00 UTC

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Landing:December 12, 198323:47:23 UTCEdwards AFB, California, Runway 17

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Duration: 10 days, 7 hours, 47 minutes, 24 seconds

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Orbit altitude: 155 nautical miles (287 km)

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Orbit inclination: 57.0 degrees

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Orbits:167

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Distance traveled:4,295,853 miles (6,913,505 km)

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Crew photo

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L-R: Garriott, Lichtenberg, Shaw, Young, Merbold, Parker

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STS-9 (Spacelab 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 6th mission of the Columbia orbiter.

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Shuttle: The word shuttle can have several meanings. In general, it is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular and relatively frequent manner....

Columbia: Columbia is a poetic name for the United States and its 19th century female personification, which inspired related uses such as the former unofficial U.S. national anthems Columbia, Gem of the Ocean and Hail, Columbia. It is also the name of the capital of the United States, Washington, District ...

1983: 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar....

STS-9 related Images and Photos (experimental)

Spiral Staircase at Baroque Monastery Church of Sts Peter and Paul

The Madonna and Child enthroned with Sts John the Baptist Bartholmew and Catherine

Madonna in Glory with the Christ Child and Sts Francis and Alvise with the Donor (Gozzi Altarpiece)