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The second flight of the CRyogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (CRISTA-2) experiment took place in the first part of August 1997 on the Space Shuttle mission STS-85. Infrared limb emission spectra in the mesosphere were collected between about 72°S and 72°N during northern high latitude late summer with its very low mesopause temperatures. The mesospheric data set collected...