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STS-35: Preparations and launch, Crew & Mission highlights
STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, in the 38th shuttle mission. It was devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 2, 1990. It was also the first shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster with a crew…
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STS-35 topic overview
The analysis highlights Preparations and launch, Crew and Mission highlights as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-35.
Related topics
57
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
64
Extracted relationships
119
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
64
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Preparations and launch · 16 topics
Crew · 12 topics
Mission highlights · 9 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Landing · 6 topics
Additional payloads and experiments · 5 topics
Image gallery · 2 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Apogee altitude
362 km (225 mi)
Contractor
Rockwell International
COSPAR ID
1990-106A
Crew size
7
Distance travelled
6,000,658 km (3,728,636 mi)
Inclination
28.46°
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How STS-35 connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around STS-35 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-35 → ASTRO-1, BBXRT, Because, Blue Team, Commander Brand, Durrance, Each, Gardner, He, Hoffman, Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, HUT, Igloo, In, Instrument Pointing System, IPS, Lounge, Observations, Parise, Parker Another extracted example is STS-35 → April, ASTRO-1, At, BBXRT-01, Broad Band X-ray Telescope, Challenger's, Columbia, Columbia's, Delta FRR, Endeavour, ET, Flight Readiness Review, Following, FRR, Hydrogen, June, Launch, Leakage, March, May. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
STS-35 → April, ASTRO-1, At, BBXRT-01, Broad Band X-ray Telescope, Challenger's, Columbia, Columbia's, Delta FRR, Endeavour, ET, Flight Readiness Review, Following, FRR, Hydrogen, June, Launch, Leakage, March, May
related to External links· 13
STS-35 → Alabama, Archived August, Archived December, Astro-1, Huntsville Archives, Jack, Jones, Jones Collection, NASA, Special Collections Files, The University, Wayback MachineJack, Wayback MachineSTS-35 Video Highlights
related to Extended Duration Orbiter demonstration· 12
STS-35 → Astronaut, Columbia, Development Test Objective, DTO, DTO-634, During STS-35, EDO, Extended Duration Orbiter, Retention System, Space Shuttle, The, Trash Compaction
Members· 7
STS-35 → Guy S. Gardner, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, John M. Lounge, Robert A. Parker, Ronald Parise, Samuel T. Durrance, Vance D. Brand
Apogee altitude· 1
STS-35 → 362 km (225 mi)
Contractor· 1
STS-35 → Rockwell International
COSPAR ID· 1
STS-35 → 1990-106A
Crew size· 1
STS-35 → 7
Distance travelled· 1
STS-35 → 6,000,658 km (3,728,636 mi)
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 119 structured relationships around STS-35. Examples in this analysis include STS-35 → Apogee altitude → 362 km (225 mi) and STS-35 → Contractor → Rockwell International. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
STS-35
Apogee altitude
362 km (225 mi)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Contractor
Rockwell International
1.00
infobox
STS-35
COSPAR ID
1990-106A
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Crew size
7
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Distance travelled
6,000,658 km (3,728,636 mi)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Inclination
28.46°
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Landing date
December 11, 1990, 05:54:09 (1990-12-11UTC05:54:10Z) UTC (9:54:09 pm PST)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Landing mass
102,208 kg (225,330 lb)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Landing site
Edwards, Runway 22
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Launch date
December 2, 1990, 06:49:01 (1990-12-02UTC06:49:01Z) UTC (1:49:01 am EST)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Launch mass
121,344 kg (267,518 lb)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Launch site
Kennedy, LC-39B
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Members
Vance D. Brand
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Members
Guy S. Gardner
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Members
Jeffrey A. Hoffman
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Members
John M. Lounge
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Members
Robert A. Parker
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Members
Samuel T. Durrance
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Members
Ronald Parise
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Mission duration
8 days, 23 hours, 5 minutes, 8 seconds
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Mission type
Astronomical observations
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Names
Space Transportation System-35
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Operator
NASA
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Orbits completed
144
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Payload mass
12,095 kg (26,665 lb)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Perigee altitude
352 km (219 mi)
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Period
91.70 minutes
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Reference system
Geocentric orbit
1.00
infobox
STS-35
Regime
Low Earth orbit
1.00
infobox
STS-35
SATCAT no.
20980
1.00
infobox
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around STS-35 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include System, Program and Telescope. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
space shuttle
Sts-35
Shuttle
Space
Mission
Columbia
Program
December
Landing
Astro-1
Crew
Payload
Launch
columbia
Shuttle
Launch
Sts-35
Payload
Mission
Space
Date
December
Aft
Orbiter
Crew
Flight
kennedy space center
Sts-35
Shuttle
Mission
Program
December
Landing
Crew
Columbia
Payload
Launch
Hoffman
Minutes
broad band x-ray telescope
Telescope
X-ray
Instrument
Pointing
Experiment
System
Astro-1
Observations
Sts-35
Payload
Durrance
Gardner
flight readiness review
Sts-35
Astro-1
Crew
Payload
Mission
Space
Telescopes
Columbia
System
Shuttle
Durrance
Hours
space shuttle program
Sts-35
Shuttle
Space
Mission
Columbia
Program
December
Landing
Astro-1
Crew
System
Payload
x-ray
Telescope
Instrument
Pointing
Experiment
System
Astro-1
Observations
Sts-35
Payload
Durrance
Gardner
Hoffman
marshall space flight center
Sts-35
Shuttle
Mission
Program
Astro-1
December
Landing
Crew
Columbia
Payload
Space
Telescopes
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For STS-35, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-35 with Preparations and launch. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
STS-35
Nodes65
Edges64
Triples119
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-35 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Preparations and launch, Crew & Mission highlights, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
