Name: Thornton, Kathryn Country: USA M/F: F Number of Flights: 4

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-33 November 23, 1989 - Discovery November 28, 1989 - Discovery
2. STS-49 May 7, 1992 - Endeavour May 16, 1992 - Endeavour
3. STS-61 December 2, 1993 - Endeavour December 13, 1993 - Endeavour
4. STS-73 October 20, 1995 - Columbia November 5, 1995 - Columbia

Space Flights Descriptions
1. STS-33 Classified military mission 5
2. STS-49 Intelsat 603 Rescue Mission
3. STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission 1 (HST-SM 1)
4. STS-73 United States Microgravity Laboratory Mission 2 (USML-2)

Spacewalks - 3
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
STS-49 May 14, 1992 Test equipment for Space Station Freedom Program - Assembly of Station by EVA Methods (ASEM). The ASEM spacewalk (EVA) was originally planned to be two spacewalks but were combined into one spacewalk following the trouble with retrieving the Intelsat 603 satellite.
7 hours 44 minutes

STS-61 December 5, 1993 Repair Hubble Space Telescope - Replace solar arrays
6 hours 36 minutes
STS-61 December 7, 1993 Repair Hubble Space Telescope - Install Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) unit replacing Goddard High Speed Photometer
6 hours 50 minutes

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