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 failure of STS-107.
Read more about Hitchhiker Program: Program History, Hitchhiker Experiments, List of All Hitchhiker and GAS Experiments, Hitchhiker Carrier System, Astronaut Involvement, Avionics, The Goddard Connection
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