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STS-49: Art, Mission highlights & Wake-up calls

STS-49 was NASA's maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched on May 7, 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite, Intelsat 603, which failed to leave Low Earth orbit two years before, attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it to its intended geosynchronous orbit. After several…

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STS-49 topic overview

The analysis highlights Art, Mission highlights and Wake-up calls as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-49.

Related topics
21
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
24
Extracted relationships
42
Concept neighborhoods
15
Bridge connections
24

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.

Overview · 10 topics
Mission highlights · 9 topics
Wake-up calls · 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
341 km (212 mi)
Contractor
Rockwell International
COSPAR ID
1992-026A
Crew size
7
Distance travelled
5,948,166 km (3,696,019 mi)
EVA duration
22 hours, 27 minutes · 1st EVA: 3 hours, 43 minutes · 2nd EVA: 5 hours, 30 minutes · 3rd EVA: 8 hours, 29 minutes · 4th EVA: 7 hours, 45 minutes

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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.

Overview

Mission highlights

Wake-up calls

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How STS-49 connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-49 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-49 → Bruce E. Melnick, Daniel Brandenstein, Kathryn C. Thornton, Kevin P. Chilton, Pierre J. Thuot, Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers Another extracted example is STS-49 → 1st EVA: 3 hours, 43 minutes, 22 hours, 27 minutes, 2nd EVA: 5 hours, 30 minutes, 3rd EVA: 8 hours, 29 minutes, 4th EVA: 7 hours, 45 minutes. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

STS-49

Top relations

Members · 7
STS-49 → Bruce E. Melnick, Daniel Brandenstein, Kathryn C. Thornton, Kevin P. Chilton, Pierre J. Thuot, Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers
EVA duration · 5
STS-49 → 1st EVA: 3 hours, 43 minutes, 22 hours, 27 minutes, 2nd EVA: 5 hours, 30 minutes, 3rd EVA: 8 hours, 29 minutes, 4th EVA: 7 hours, 45 minutes
related to External links · 5
STS-49 → Archived April, Archived February, NASA, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineSTS-49 Video Highlights
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-49 → 341 km (212 mi)
Contractor · 1
STS-49 → Rockwell International
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-49 → 1992-026A
Crew size · 1
STS-49 → 7
Distance travelled · 1
STS-49 → 5,948,166 km (3,696,019 mi)
EVAs · 1
STS-49 → 4
Inclination · 1
STS-49 → 28.32°

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

mission eva space thuot akers shuttle hieb hours minutes intelsat satellite flight 603 orbit thornton brandenstein crew longest chilton melnick

STS-49 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 42 structured relationships around STS-49. Examples in this analysis include STS-49 → Apogee altitude → 341 km (212 mi) and STS-49 → Contractor → Rockwell International. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
STS-49Apogee altitude341 km (212 mi)1.00infobox
STS-49ContractorRockwell International1.00infobox
STS-49COSPAR ID1992-026A1.00infobox
STS-49Crew size71.00infobox
STS-49Distance travelled5,948,166 km (3,696,019 mi)1.00infobox
STS-49EVA duration22 hours, 27 minutes1.00infobox
STS-49EVA duration1st EVA: 3 hours, 43 minutes1.00infobox
STS-49EVA duration2nd EVA: 5 hours, 30 minutes1.00infobox
STS-49EVA duration3rd EVA: 8 hours, 29 minutes1.00infobox
STS-49EVA duration4th EVA: 7 hours, 45 minutes1.00infobox
STS-49EVAs41.00infobox
STS-49Inclination28.32°1.00infobox
STS-49Landing dateMay 16, 1992, 20:57:39 (1992-05-16UTC20:57:40Z) UTC (1:57:39 pm PDT)1.00infobox
STS-49Landing mass91,279 kg (201,236 lb)1.00infobox
STS-49Landing siteEdwards, Runway 221.00infobox
STS-49Launch dateMay 7, 1992, 23:40:00 (1992-05-07UTC23:40Z) UTC (7:40 pm EDT)1.00infobox
STS-49Launch mass116,390 kg (256,600 lb)1.00infobox
STS-49Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B1.00infobox
STS-49MembersDaniel Brandenstein1.00infobox
STS-49MembersKevin P. Chilton1.00infobox
STS-49MembersRichard Hieb1.00infobox
STS-49MembersBruce E. Melnick1.00infobox
STS-49MembersPierre J. Thuot1.00infobox
STS-49MembersKathryn C. Thornton1.00infobox
STS-49MembersThomas Akers1.00infobox
STS-49Mission duration8 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes, 39 seconds1.00infobox
STS-49Mission typeIntelsat 603 satellite repair1.00infobox
STS-49NamesSpace Transportation System-491.00infobox
STS-49OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-49Orbits completed1411.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-49 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Thuot, Date and Duration. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • space shuttle
    • Hours
    • Minutes
    • Mission
    • First
    • Sts-49
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • Endeavour
    • Landing
    • Eva
    • Date
    • Duration
  • intelsat vi
    • Satellite
    • Akers
    • Thuot
    • Orbit
    • Hieb
    • Mission
    • New
    • Two
    • Asem
    • Thornton
    • Space
    • Sts-49
  • intelsat 603
    • Satellite
    • Akers
    • Thuot
    • Orbit
    • Hieb
    • Mission
    • New
    • Two
    • Asem
    • Thornton
    • Space
    • Sts-49
  • low earth orbit
    • New
    • Satellite
    • Sts-49
    • Hieb
    • Akers
    • Thuot
    • Date
    • Duration
    • Launch
    • Also
    • Chilton
    • Evas
  • geosynchronous orbit
    • New
    • Satellite
    • Sts-49
    • Hieb
    • Akers
    • Thuot
    • Date
    • Duration
    • Launch
    • Also
    • Chilton
    • Evas
  • communications satellite
    • Hieb
    • New
    • Akers
    • Thuot
    • Evas
    • Brandenstein
    • Sts-49
    • Date
    • Duration
    • Launch
    • Space
    • Also
  • space station freedom
    • Shuttle
    • Sts-49
    • Asem
    • Mission
    • Thornton
    • Endeavour
    • Eva
    • Intelsat
    • Akers
    • Duration
    • Launch
    • Days
  • mission highlights
    • Shuttle
    • Hours
    • Minutes
    • Sts-49
    • Satellite
    • Space
    • Orbit
    • Eva
    • First
    • Hieb
    • Akers
    • Thuot

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-49, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-49 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
STS-49 — Overview · splits 14 ⟂ 11
STS-49 — Mission highlights · splits 15 ⟂ 10
STS-49 — Wake-up calls · splits 22 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-49

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples42
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-49 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, Mission highlights & Wake-up calls, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — STS-49 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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