\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> March 24, 1992
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> 8 days 22 hr 9 min
\<COLOUR 1> LANDING SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Charles F Bolden, Brian Duffy, Kathryn D Sullivan, C Michael Foale, David C Leestma, Dirk D Frimout, Byron K Lichtenberg
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> First flight of international atmospheric laboratory for applications and science (ATLAS-1), comprising instruments mounted on two Spacelab pallets; crew talked via SAREX (shuttle amateur radio experiment) equipment to radio 'hams' and schools.