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| Keywords: sts-69 sts69 september7 september18 1995 davidwalker kennethcockrell jamesvoss jamesnewman michaelgerhardt white background round circle text Launch: September 7, 1995 Landing: September 18, 1995 Kennedy Space Center, Fl. Astronauts: David M. Walker, Kenneth D. Cockrell, James S. Voss, James H. Newman and Michael L. Gernhardt Space Shuttle: Endeavor STS-69 marked first time two different payloads were retrieved and deployed during the same mission. Also featured an extravehicular activity to practice for International Space Station activities and to evaluate space suit design modifications. STS-69 also was second flight of a "dog crew," a flight crew tradition that began on STS-53, on which both Walker and Voss flew. As the Dog Crew II, each STS-69 astronaut adopted a dogtag or nickname: Walker was Red Dog; Cockrell was Cujo; Voss, Dog Face; Newman, Pluto; and Gernhardt, Under Dog. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv... Launch: September 7, 1995 Landing: September 18, 1995 Kennedy Space Center, Fl. Astronauts: David M. Walker, Kenneth D. Cockrell, James S. Voss, James H. Newman and Michael L. Gernhardt Space Shuttle: Endeavor STS-69 marked first time two different payloads were retrieved and deployed during the same mission. Also featured an extravehicular activity to practice for International Space Station activities and to evaluate space suit design modifications. STS-69 also was second flight of a "dog crew," a flight crew tradition that began on STS-53, on which both Walker and Voss flew. As the Dog Crew II, each STS-69 astronaut adopted a dogtag or nickname: Walker was Red Dog; Cockrell was Cujo; Voss, Dog Face; Newman, Pluto; and Gernhardt, Under Dog. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv... | ||||
