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Ares67
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Atlantis STS-34 / Galileo - Screenshots
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Preparations
Galileo entry probe
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Re: Atlantis STS-34 / Galileo - Screenshots
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Vacuum chamber
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Too bad the antenna never looked like that in space.
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On the ground the antenna worked perfectly...
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Galileo's plutonium battery was a concern for anti-nuclear activists, but Atlantis was given a "go"
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And Atlantis not only had to dodge that bullet: Hurricane Hugo threatened NASA officials enough to consider a rollback from the launch pad. An engine control unit failure in SSME No. 2 delayed the first launch attempt on October 12, 1989. Dark clouds above the Shuttle Landing Facility led to another 24h postponement on October 17. And then an earthquake hit California, slightly damaging the IUS Control Center at Onizuka AFB in Sunnyvale. But on the morning of October 18 Sunnyvale proclaimed itself "go for launch". So the astronauts were sent out to the pad - and this time they had more luck...
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October 18, 1989 - Launch Day
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