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STS-42
STS-42
Space Shuttle Discovery, January 1992. International Microgravity Laboratory-1.
A shuttle number. Discovery, 22 January 1992. First International Microgravity Laboratory. Sequential flight numbers contain 42. Not a measurement.
NASA / JPL
Printed 42s
A proton count. A catalogue seat. A scan. A model boundary. A patch that draws 4 and II. A joke a JPL scientist made in public. Different kinds. NASA printed them. That does not make them one Answer.
The metal
- Z = 42Molybdenum
Proton count. The integer was 42 before Adams.
- jokeDouglas Adams element
Russell at JPL named the metal. NASA printed the joke.
Sky and distance
- M42Orion Nebula
Catalogue seat. NASA’s Cosmic Hearth is Maya reception.
- C42Caldwell 42
Another catalogue. NGC 7006. Not a measured forty-two.
- ≈42 AUKuiper collisions
Stern 1995. A modeled boundary, not Albion’s distance.
- 42.1 km/sSolar escape
Vis-viva at 1 AU. Family 4.2, not 42.00.
Missions and tools
- 42 minMariner 2
A scan of Venus. Duration, not a law of the planet.
- 42 dApollo 12 S-IVB
Missed heliocentric burn. NASA prints the period.
- 42Expedition 42
Sequential crew number. The patch draws 4 and II.
STS-42STS-42here
Shuttle number. Discovery, IML-1.
- 42Horizons keywords
JPL’s own manual. A documentation count.
What it supports
NASA mission STS-42. Discovery. IML-1. 8 days, 1 hour, 14 minutes. nasa. gov/mission/sts-42/.
What it does not
Not Expedition 42. Not a 42 in the lab results. Mission numbering, not a physical recurrence.
ExactnessDesignation
Form42
Unitmission
Strengthhard
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