page_title: Hitchhiker Program
hierarchical_section_title: Hitchhiker Program
caption_attribution_description: English: NASA Hitchhiker Program logo
context_page_description: The Hitchhiker Program was a NASA program established in 1984 and administered by the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center. The program was designed to allow low-cost and quick reactive experiments to be placed on board the Space Shuttle. The program was discontinued after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster of STS-107.
context_section_description: The Hitchhiker Program (HH) was a NASA program established in 1984 and administered by the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The program was designed to allow low-cost and quick reactive experiments to be placed on board the Space Shuttle. The program was discontinued after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster of STS-107.
caption: Hitchhiker program insignia
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