Beschreibung : Second flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF), a saucer-shaped satellite that was to fly free of the Shuttle for several days. The purpose of the WSF was to grow thin films in a near perfect vacuum created by the wake of the satellite as it moved through space. The crew also deployed and retrieved the Spartan 201 astronomy satellite, performed a six-hour spacewalk to test assembly techniques for the international Space Station and tested thermal improvements made to spacesuits used during space walks.
Kennedy Space Center post stamp and STS 69 shuttle.

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STS 69 (ENDEAVOUR) · SPARTAN 201 F3 & WSF 2 (RETRIEVABLE SATELLITES)