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This first shuttle operational mission deployed two commercial communications satellites, ANIK C-3 for TELESAT Canada and SitS-C for Satellite Business Systems.
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This tragic mission burned all crew members and the shuttle on the way up to space. NASA believes that there was an o-ring failure in the right solid rocket booster.
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On this 12 day mission they used a robotic arm andwent on a spacewalk.
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It was the first Return to Flight mission since the tragic loss of Columbia February 1, 2003.
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This was the last mission in the Space Shuttle Program.
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