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STS-38 was a Space Shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 37th shuttle mission and carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It was the seventh flight for Atlantis and the seventh flight dedicated to the Department of Defense. The mission was a 4-day mission that traveled 3,291,199 km (2,045,056 mi) and completed 79 revolutions. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility's runway 33. The launch was originally scheduled for July 1990 but was rescheduled due to a hydrogen leak found on Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-35 countdown. During a rollback to the Orbiter Processing Facility Atlantis was damaged during a hail storm. The eventual launch date of November 15, 1990, was set due to a payload problem. The launch window was between 18:30 and 22:30 EST. The launch occurred at 18:48:13 EST. The mission ended with a landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility, marking the first time in five years that a mission returned to the Kennedy Space Center since STS-51-D. This also marked the first time Atlantis ended a mission at the Kennedy Space Center.

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1990  Wikimedia, Wikidata
human spaceflight, Carl J. Meade, Charles D. Gemar, Frank L. Culbertson, Richard O. Covey, low Earth orbit, Robert C. Springer, 

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1990-11-15T00:00:00Z

1990-11-15T00:00:00Z

1990 STS-38

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landing

1990-11-15T00:00:00Z

1990-11-15T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

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S38-76-000 - STS-038 - DPLA - d3d9c32ac62a0c6453492c57c8c3b737

S38-78-011 - STS-038 - STS-38 earth observations - DPLA - 64f35f4f5e3695d502182e0e1b78e431

1990 s35-s38 Passing in the Night

1990 s35-s38 Passing in the Night (S90-46555)

Golden Spike replica at Golden Spike National Historical Park Visitor Center, Feb 17

Golden Spike National Historical Park, Promontory, Utah (31449209858)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		S38-76-000 - STS-038 - DPLA - d3d9c32ac62a0c6453492c57c8c3b737		Commons
commons	image		S38-78-011 - STS-038 - STS-38 earth observations - DPLA - 64f35f4f5e3695d502182e0e1b78e431		Commons
commons	image		1990 s35-s38 Passing in the Night		Commons
commons	image		1990 s35-s38 Passing in the Night (S90-46555)		Commons
commons	image		Golden Spike replica at Golden Spike National Historical Park Visitor Center, Feb 17		Commons
commons	image		Golden Spike National Historical Park, Promontory, Utah (31449209858)		Commons