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The twelve-thousand‑pound satellite slipped free and drained their EVA clock
Three astronauts cling to a 12,000-pound satellite over Earth with no tested tether and only limited EVA hours-did they make it in time?
The twelve-thousand‑pound satellite slipped free and drained their EVA clock
In this episode, we follow the tense May 13, 1992 EVA when three astronauts attempted a never-tried retrieval while the Shuttle program’s limited orbital fuel and EVA hours ticked down. What decisions and failures led them outside the spacecraft, and could their plan work under the clock NASA had left them?
Person: Daniel Charles Brandenstein
Date: May 13, 1992
Event: Unplanned…
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