OTD in Space - Sept. 7: STS-69 Endeavour Launches on NASA's 100th
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On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com](https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html)
This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight mission for NASA. Endeavour lifted off from NASA's historic launch site at Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. During the 11-day mission, five crewmembers did science experiments, deployed and retrieved a satellite called Spartan 201, and conducted a nearly seven-hour-long spacewalk to practice methods future astronauts would use to build the International Space Station. The astronauts also deployed the Wake Shield Facility, a saucer-shaped satellite that flew free of the Shuttle for several days. This was the first time two different payloads were retrieved and deployed during the same mission.
This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight mission for NASA. Endeavour lifted off from NASA's historic launch site at Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. During the 11-day mission, five crewmembers did science experiments, deployed and retrieved a satellite called Spartan 201, and conducted a nearly seven-hour-long spacewalk to practice methods future astronauts would use to build the International Space Station. The astronauts also deployed the Wake Shield Facility, a saucer-shaped satellite that flew free of the Shuttle for several days. This was the first time two different payloads were retrieved and deployed during the same mission.