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Flight times

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Adding up the four flight times:

Mission	Days	Hours	Minutes	Seconds
STS-63	8	6	28	15
STS-84	9	4	19	55
STS-93	4	22	49	34
STS-114	13	21	32	48
Total	36	7	10	32

Feel free to check my arithmetic. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:33, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Date format

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This person is American, so the date formats should be mdy. -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:36, 4 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

MOS:MILFORMAT: articles (including biographical articles) on the modern US military should use DMY dates, in accordance with US military usage. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:52, 4 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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