Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
STS-32 was the 33rd mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the 9th launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on 9 January 1990 it marked the first use of Launch Pad A at Kennedy Space Center’s Complex 39 since 1986; it also marked the first use of Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the Space Shuttle program. STS-32 was at the time the longest shuttle mission yet conducted with a duration of nearly 11 days.