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Thermal Control System Blanket Mission: STS-93 Columbia   Crew: Eileen M. Collins Jeffrey S. Ashby Steven A. Hawley Catherine G. Coleman Michel Tognini Launch: July 23, 1999   Landing: July 27, 1999   Duration: 4 days, 22 hours   Comment: STS-93 deployed the Chandra Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) This 7-inch wide by 11-inch long by 1.5-inch thick thermal control system blanket protected orbiter systems inside Columbia's payload bay from the extreme temperatures of space. It was one of the approximate 6,000 that shielded the orbiter with multi-layers of Kapton film and Dacron net. back to Artifacts © 1999-2008 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com