STS-39 - Post-Flight Presentation, HD re-edit / remaster, 1991, DoD mission, Shuttle Discovery, NASA

NASA documentary about STS-39, a 1991 mission for the Department of Defense, with the astronauts presenting their mission and commenting on the footage shown. The video was re-edited to insert higher-quality HD footage where available; with the rest being AI upscaled. Colors were remastered for consistency, balance and highlight/shadow detail.
Original footage from NASA. Sound and image cleanup, geometry, and color restoration by RetroSpace HD.
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STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall. STS-39 was a dedicated U.S. Department of Defense mission. Unclassified payload included Air Force Program-675 (AFP-675); Infrared Background Signature Survey (IBSS) with Critical ionization velocity (CIV), Chemical Release Observation (CRO) and Shuttle pallet satellite-II (SPAS-II) experiments; and Space Test Payload-1 (STP-1). Classified payload consisted of Multi-Purpose Release Canister (MPEC). Also on board was Radiation Monitoring Equipment-III (RME-III) and Cloud Logic to Optimize Use of Defense Systems-1A (CLOUDS-1A).
Launch occurred at April 28, 1991, 7:33:14 a.m. EDT. The high orbital inclination of the mission, 57.01° with respect to the equator, allowed the crew to fly over most of Earth's large land masses and observe and record environmental resources and problem areas. STS-39 landed on May 6, 1991, at 2:55:35 p.m. EDT, at Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Crew: Michael L. Coats, L. Blaine Hammond, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Donald R. McMonagle, Guion Bluford, Charles L. Veach and Richard Hieb
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Retro Space HD your videos are amazing, thank you very much and congratulations.
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STS-39 was one of the first missions to film scenes for the NASA Educational Series "Liftoff to Learning" (recommended for grades 5th to 8th).

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STS-39/ The first unclassified DoD mission.

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Hey,that’s the guy who was JSC director a few years back! I didn’t know he was an astronaut.

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Mike Coats. He's 78, His wife passed away November 2020.

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Promo'SM 😁