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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Robert F. Overmyer |
| Plt - Frederick D. Gregory | |
| MS 1 - Don L. Lind (EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - Norman E. Thagard (EV 2) | |
| MS 3 - William E. Thornton | |
| PS 1 - Taylor G. Wang | |
| PS 2 - Lodewijk van den Berg | |
| Launch | 29 April 1985 @ 1202:18 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 56.99 |
| Max alt: | 358.9 km. |
| Orbits: | 110 |
| Dur: | 7:00:08:46 |
| Landing: | 6 May 1985 @ 0911:04 PDT |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 39 minutes (12:00 - 2:39 pm EDT) - Was extended from 1 hour so as to coincide with sunset at TAL site. |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza (Alternate: Moron) |
| AOA site: | White Sands, NM |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards, AFB |
| Landing Speed: | 204 knots (234 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,317' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,512,009 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 246,880 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 212,465 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 31,407 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 31,302 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's 1061 & 1057, Galley, Sleeping Berths, teleprinter, MADS and no RMS |
| SPACELAB-3 (Long Module/Unit-1, and Long Tunnel - 18,267 lbs, & 2 exp. on MPESS - 2,535 lbs) | Total Spacelab-3 weight - 23,476 lbs, 15 Experiments: |
| OSTA | ATMOS (Atmospheric Trace Molecules Measured by Spectrscopy, GFFC (Geophysical Fluid Cell), FES (Fluids Experiment System), VCG (Vapour Crystal Growth), & MICG (Mercury Iodide Crystal Growth) |
| OAST | DDM/DROP (Drop Dynamics Module/Dynam. of Rotating & Oscill. Free Drops) |
| OSS | RAHF-R (Reasearch Animal Holding Facility - Rodent/24 rats), RAHF-P (Reasearch Animal Holding Facility - Primate/2 squirrel monkeys #3165 & #384-80), UMS (Urine Monitoring System), AFT (Autogenic Feedback Training), DEMS (Dynamic Environment Measurement System), BTS (Biotelemetry System), SSMI (Small Mass Measurement Instrument) |
| OSS Astrophysics | IONS (Ionisation States of Solar Galactic Cosmic Ray Heavy Nuclei), VWFC (Very Wide Field Galactic Camera) - reflight from STS-9 |
| OEX | ACIP/HiRAP (see STS-6) & 2 Deployable Sub-sats from GAS Cans: 1) G-0010 NUSAT (Northern Utah Satellite) To Align Airport Radars for FAA, 105 lbs - 1985-034B, 2) G-0308 GLOMR (Global Low Orbiting Message Relay Satellite) - 150 lbs. GLOMR failed to eject from canister, later deployed on Mission 22/61-A |
| SSME's: | 2023 (1) - 2nd use, 2020 (2) - 3rd use, 2021 (3) - 3rd use. Liftoff at 100% to 104% after throttle-up |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-99/106 - 6th use & RP-04/113 - 1st use |
| ET: | ET-17 (LWT-10) |
| SRB's: | SRM-16/BI-016 - Booster set successfully recovered |
| Left - 16A | Right - 16B | |||
| 6-A | 013 | Fwd | 014 | 6-B |
| 6-A | 046 | Cyl | 075 | 6-B |
| 6-A | 061 | Cyl | 076 | 6-B |
| 6-A | L03 | Cyl | L07 | 6-B |
| 6-A | L04 | Cyl | L08 | 6-B |
| Q-4 | L29 | Cyl | L09 | 6-B |
| 6-A | L06 | Cyl | L10 | 6-B |
| 6-A | L01 | Att | L05 | 7-B |
| 7-A | L08 | Stf | L10 | 7-B |
| 7-B | L09 | Stf | L13 | 8-A |
| New | 028 | Aft | 016 | 7-A |
| 10 April 1984 | ET-17 arrives on dock KSC |
| 13 October 1984 | OV-099 arrives at OPF-1 following KSC landing Mission 13/41-G |
| 9 January 1985 | ET/SRB mate (for 51-E, used for 51-B) |
| 7 March 1985 | OV-099 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 1, for stacking same day |
| 27 March 1985 | Spacelab-3 payload insertion into the orbiter whie in OPF |
| 10 April 1985 | OV-099 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 1, for stacking same day |
| 15 April 1985 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 18 April 1985 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 26 April 1985 | Astronaut arrival KSC, and "Call to stations" extended 55 hr countdown started at 12 pm EDT due to biological payload insertion |
| 29 April 1985 | Launch |
| 6 May 1985 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 10 May 1985 | First leg of ferry flight begins from EAFB to Kelly AFB with an overnight stay |
| 11 May 1985 | Final leg of ferry flight from Kelly AFB to KSC, and delivery to the OPF same day |