Beskrivning : STS-37, the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope. The mission also featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
Nassau Bay Houston post stamp.

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STS 37 (ATLANTIS) · COMPTON (GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY)