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Space Shuttle Endeavour concludes the planned 7-day mission which was extended two days to allow extra time to rescue the Intelsat VI satellite and complete Space Station assembly techniques. After a perfect rendezvous in orbit and numerous attempts to grab the satellite, space walking astronauts rescued it on the third space walk with the support of mission. The three astronauts, on a record space walk, took hold of the satellite and directed it to the shuttle where a booster motor was attached to launch it to its proper orbit. Commander Dan Brandenstein and Pilot Kevin Chilton brought Endeavours’s record setting maiden voyage to a perfect landing at Edwards AFB with the first deployment of a drag chute on a shuttle mission.
Shuttle Crew: Brandstein, Chilton, Thuot, Thornton, Hieb, Akers, and MeInick.May 16, 1992NASA / Photo