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On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight.

Endeavour was the fifth and last space shuttle that was ever built, and STS-49 was the first of 25 missions to fly on it. The purpose of this mission was to retrieve a satellite called Intelsat 603, which had failed to reach the right orbit after problems with its launch two years earlier. Three of the six astronauts had to go on a spacewalk together to fetch the satellite, and this was the first time that a trio of astronauts did a spacewalk together. The crew first tried to do the job with just two astronauts going out two days in a row, but the third time was a charm with an extra pair of hands. The three spacewalkers attached a new motor that would enable Intelsat 603 to leave low Earth orbit and head to its intended geosynchronous orbit.
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00:00On this day in space. On May 7th, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on
00:06its first flight. This was the fifth and last space shuttle that was ever built.
00:11STS-49 was the first of 25 missions to fly on Endeavour. The purpose of this
00:16mission was to retrieve a satellite called Intelsat 603, which had failed to
00:20achieve the right orbit after problems with its launch two years earlier. Three
00:23of the six astronauts had to go on a spacewalk together to fetch the
00:26satellite. This was the first time that a trio of astronauts did a spacewalk
00:30together. They first tried to do the job with just two astronauts going out two
00:34days in a row, but the third try was a charm with an extra pair of hands. The
00:38crew attached a new motor that would enable Intelsat 603 to leave low Earth
00:42orbit and head to its intended geosynchronous orbit. And that's what
00:45happened on this day in space.

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