European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 18, 1992 the stars and s Doc shuttle ends record setting flight Edwards Aib Calif. Apr endeavour landed in the California desert saturday concluding a triumphant space walking Mission in which three men caught a massive satellite by hand. Endeavour touched Down on the Concrete runway at 1 57 . Put. Commander Daniel Brandenstein released a red White and Blue drag Chute that billowed behind the ship. A Welcome to California and congratulations on a spectacular and historic flight a Mission control s Jim Halsell said. Endeavour circled Earth 141 times and logged 3,696,019 Miles during its Maiden voyage. About 125,000 people were on hand to see endeavour make its first Landing at this Mojave desert base the touchdown site for All new shuttles. Nasa eagerly had awaited the return of the $2 billion endeavour the replacement for the destroyed challenger and the first shuttle to be equipped with a drag Chute. Brandenstein released the Chute which is 40 feet in diameter upon touchdown and it trailed 87 feet behind endeavour. The Chute is intended to reduce the distance the shuttle Rolls by 1,000 to 2,000 feet letting the orbiter land on Shorter runways in an emergency. It also is intended to keep the spaceship on course in Case of a blown tire or steering problem. Endeavour stopped 9,700 feet after it touched Down but it Wasny to immediately possible to determine the chutes effectiveness launch director Bob sick said. Initial inspection found Only a handful of dings in endeavour s protective Thermal tiles sick said. A distinct Gash on the shuttles nose was actually not very deep. A the vehicle looks As great As the Mission it just flew a he said. A visually it would be hard to believe it spent nine Days in space and had a before descent the astronauts had trouble closing one of endeavours two cargo Bay doors. There was no indication the aft latches on the port door had secured and the Crew had to try again to drive them Down. Endeavours Crew of six men and one woman set a number of records during the nine Day voyage which began May 7. An experimental drag Chute helps the space shuttle endeavour slow Down saturday after land in at Cdr a pc t he Mission featured four spacewalks two More than any other shuttle flight and the worlds first three person space walking team the three satellite catchers spent 8 or hours out in the open cargo Bay surpassing the . Record set by the Apollo 17 Moon walkers. Nasa approved the risky venture after the Intelsat 6 satellite eluded the Lead rescuer Pierre Thuot on spacewalks May 10 and 11. Thuot tried repeatedly to lock a 15-foot handle onto the Bottom of the satellite but his efforts simply caused the Craft to Bounce away. Thuot Richard Hieb and Thomas Akers seized the 17-by-12-foot, 4 / ton satellite with their gloved hands on wednesday night and held it for iv2 hours until the handle could be attached. The shuttle Crane then lowered the satellite onto a rocket motor in the cargo Bay. With its new attached. A a sat was rocketed into High Orus than two years at a worthless Lew. A botched ride on a Titan the International telecoms a animation Intelsat paid Nas a s stranded Craft. The endeavour r that much however and criticism prompted Nasa administrator d Tablin a team to re Efalua e 5 for satellite rescues endeavour s astronauts Mission was to see How much build space station Freedom the Sion is scheduled for late i a i. Re it. It. Time for a Cool changes amps Jim a Rheim Christi Falck of the Ramstein royals showers herself with water during a girls big schools soccer championship match in Giessen Germany on Friday. Temperatures reached into the 80s during the game. 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