"--05-16"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Pilot"@en . . "Commander"@en . "21963"^^ . . . . . . "Mission Specialists Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers and Pierre Thuot capture the Intelsat 603 satellite during STS-49"@en . . "141"^^ . . "767858.0"^^ . . "Second"@en . . "First"@en . "Mission Specialist 2"@en . . . "Mission Specialist 3"@en . . "Fourth"@en . . "28.35"^^ . . . . . . "STS-49 crew 2.jpg"@en . "Astronaut"@en . . "Mission Specialist 5"@en . "Second"@en . . . "5436.0"^^ . "STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. 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 attempts, the capture was completed with a three-person extra-vehicular activity (EVA). This was the first time that three people from the same spacecraft walked in space at the same time, and as of 2014 it was the only such EVA. It would also stand until STS-102 in 2001 as the longest EVA ever undertaken."@en . "Sts-49-patch.png"@en . "1992"^^ . . "Mission Specialist 1"@en . . "Left to right: Thornton, Melnick, Thuot, Brandenstein, Chilton, Akers, Hieb"@en . . . "Satellite repair"@en . . . "Second"@en . . . . "Second"@en . "gee"@en . "Edwards Runway 22"@en . . "STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. 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 attempts, the capture was completed with a three-person extra-vehicular activity (EVA). This was the first time that three people from the same spacecraft walked in space at the same time, and as of 2014 it was the only such EVA. It would also stand until STS-102 in 2001 as the longest EVA ever undertaken."@en . . "Mission Specialist 4"@en . . . . "7"^^ . . . "Second"@en . "STS-49"@en . . . "STS-49"@en . . . "--05-07"^^ . .