Crew:
    Frederick Gregory [3], Commander
    Terence Henricks [1], Pilot
    Franklin Musgrave [4], Mission Specialist
    Mario Runco [1], Mission Specialist
    James Voss [1], Mission Specialist
    Thomas Hennen [1], Payload Specialist

Launch:
    Pad: 39-A [31]
    Date: 25 November 1991
    Time: 23:44:00 UTC

Orbit:
    Altitude: 197 nm
    Inclination: 28.5 degrees
    Orbits: 110
    Duration: 6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, 44 seconds
    Distance: 2,890,067 miles

Landing:
    Location: Runway 5, Edwards Air Force Base, CA [34]
    Date: 2 December 1991
    Time: 22:34:44 UTC
    Rollout: 1 minute, 47 seconds (3,411 meters, 11,191 feet)

Highlights:
    Mission dedicated to the Department of Defense, plus some unclassified payloads. Planned ten day mission was shortened due to the failure of an orbiter inertial measurement unit.

Crew

Archived NASA mission page for STS-44

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