From April 26th 1993 CNN Covers The 55th Launch.
Launch At 10:50 a.m. EDT.
The STS-55 Crew:
Commander :Steven R. Nagel
Pilot: Terence T. Henricks
Mission Specialist 1: Jerry L. Ross
Mission Specialist 2 :Charles J. Precourt
Mission Specialist 3: Bernard A. Harris Jr.
Payload Specialist 1: Ulrich Walter, DFVLR
Payload Specialist 2 :Hans Schlegel, DFVLR
They often seem to have trouble adjusting the brightness or contrast on those long range camera TV images. On two of these they were just fine initially, then it went too bright at 3:30 and too dark at 3:58. Wish they'd just leave it alone and not mess with it so you can see the real image and color better..
RJY4356 2 years ago