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Satellite Is Lost as Space Shuttle Tether Breaks

Satellite Is Lost as Space Shuttle Tether Breaks

A 12-mile tether connecting a half-ton satellite to the space shuttle Columbia broke without warning Sunday, allowing the $443-million satellite …

+ tethered satellite investigation report is released – NASA

+ tethered satellite investigation report is released – NASA

25 tether break and loss of the Tethered Satellite during the STS-75 Space Shuttle mission. Findings of the board, included in a 358-page document, …

SCIENCE SATELLITE IS LOST AS SHUTTLE TETHER BREAKS

SCIENCE SATELLITE IS LOST AS SHUTTLE TETHER BREAKS

February 26, 1996. A $440 million science satellite was lost in space tonight when the slender tether holding it to the shuttle Columbia …

Tethered satellite hurls into space, ruining experiment – CNN

Tethered satellite hurls into space, ruining experiment – CNN

The cause of the break, which occurred about 8:30 p.m. EST as the shoestring-thin, 13-mile tether was almost fully extended, was unknown.

NASA's lost tethered satellite was unexpectedly efficient …

NASA's lost tethered satellite was unexpectedly efficient …

Scientists say the tethered satellite that broke away from the shuttle Columbia during electrical experiments in February generated almost a …

Lost In Space: $440 Million Satellite's Tether Breaks A Costly …

Lost In Space: $440 Million Satellite's Tether Breaks A Costly …

A $440 million science satellite was lost in space Sunday night when a slender tether holding it to the shuttle Columbia suddenly snapped, …

STS-75 – Wikipedia

STS-75 – Wikipedia

STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the Columbia orbiter. STS-75. STS-75 Tethered Satellite System deployment.jpg.

UFO believers claim NASA footage of 'tether incident' proves …

UFO believers claim NASA footage of 'tether incident' proves …

The incident happened Feb. 25, 1996, during Space Shuttle Columbia’s STS-75, the 75th Space Transportation System mission flown by one of the …

Satellite and Plans Are Adrift As a Stringlike Tether Snaps

Satellite and Plans Are Adrift As a Stringlike Tether Snaps

NASA officials later said that the electrically conducting cable had apparently broken somewhere inside a 40-foot tower set up in the shuttle’s …

SPECIAL PANEL TO PROBE WHY SPACE TETHER BROKE

SPECIAL PANEL TO PROBE WHY SPACE TETHER BROKE

CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA officials on Monday refused to speculate why the tether between the space shuttle Columbia and a 1,200-pound Italian …