35 Years Ago: STS-36 Flies a Dedicated Department of Defense Mission | Simple Site

On Feb. 28, 1990, space shuttle Atlantis took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on STS-36, the sixth shuttle mission dedicated to the Department of Defense. As such, many of the details of the flight remain classified. The mission marked the 34th flight of the space shuttle, the sixth for Atlantis, and the […]

Category: NASA History, Johnson Space Center

Posted on March 3, 2025

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