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STS-61-B

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  • U.S. astronauts Jerry Ross (left) and James H. Newman on the final of three space walks of the STS-88 mission, December 15, 1998.
    Jerry Ross

    …mission specialist on seven flights: STS-61-B (1985, deployment of three communications satellites), STS-27 (1988, deployment of a military reconnaissance satellite), STS-37 (1991, launch of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory), STS-55 (1993, payload of the German Spacelab D-2), STS-74 (1995, the second docking of a

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    …mission specialist on seven flights: STS-61-B (1985, deployment of three communications satellites), STS-27 (1988, deployment of a military reconnaissance satellite), STS-37 (1991, launch of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory), STS-55 (1993, payload of the German Spacelab D-2), STS-74 (1995, the second docking of a

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