Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot undertake the first-ever three-person EVA to repair the Intelsat 603 spacecraft during STS-49, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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Orbital launches | |
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First | 21 January |
Last | 29 December |
Total | 98 |
Successes | 94 |
Failures | 2 |
Partial failures | 2 |
National firsts | |
Orbital launch | Russia |
Space traveller |
Belgium Italy Switzerland |
Rockets | |
Maiden flights |
Atlas IIA Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Retirements |
Commercial Titan III Delta II 6920 Delta II 6925 H-I |
Manned flights | |
Orbital | 10 |
Total travellers | 59 |