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On This Day in Space: Sept. 7, 1995: STS-69 Endeavour launches on NASA’s 100th crewed mission – MSN UK
On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight mission for NASA.
Endeavour lifted off from NASA’s historic launch site at Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A. During the 11-day mission, five crewmembers did science experiments, deployed and retrieved a satellite called Spartan 201, and conducted a nearly seven-hour-long spacewalk to practice methods future astronauts would use to build the International Space Station.
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