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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Ronald J. Grabe |
| Plt - Stephen S. Oswald | |
| MS 1 - Norman E. Thagard (PLC & EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - William F. Readdy (EV 2) | |
| MS 3 - David C. Hilmers | |
| PS 1 - Roberta L Bondar | |
| PS 2 - Ulf D. Merbold (ESA) | |
| Launch | 22 January 1992 @ 0852:33.0491 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 56.94 |
| Max alt: | 307.4 km. |
| Orbits: | 128 |
| Dur: | 8:01:14:45 |
| Landing: | 30 January 1992 @ 0907:18 PST |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 48 minutes (8:53 - 11:41 am EST) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza (Atlernates: Moron and Ben Guerir) |
| AOA site: | Edwards, AFB |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB, scheduled 8:09 am PST, 29 January 1992 |
| Landing Speed: | 199 knots (229 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 9,811' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,507,474 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 243,395 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 218,016 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 28,663 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | N/A |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's, Galley, TAGS, GAPC, Sleeping Berths, SRB C-Band Beacons, no RMS, a rowing machine & bicycle ergometer |
| IML-1 (International Microgravity Laboratory-1) Long Module/Unit-2, mass - 23,201 lbs. | 55 Experiments |
| GAS Bridge Assembly - mass, 5,185 lbs (12 GAS canisters - two of which are ballast) | 1) G-0086 - Fluid Dynamics & Shrimp in Zero-G, 2) G-0140 - Marangoni Convection in a Floating Zone, 3) G-0143 - Glass Fining, 4) G-0329 - Effects of Gravity on Solidification (Process of Alloys), 5) G-0336 - "Viper" Visual Photometric Astronomy Experiment, 6) G-0337 - Thermo-Acoustic Refridgerator, 7) G-0457 - Separation fo Glass Bubbles in Liquid, 8) G-0609 & 9) G-0610 - "Endeavour" Australian Space Telescope (Ultraviolet Astronomy), and 10) G-0614 - 2 expirements - 1) Study of Motion and Debris in Microgravity and 2) Investigation of Mixing Low Melting Point Materials |
| Mid-deck | GOSAMR (Gelation of Sols: Applied Microgravity Reasearch), IPMP-5 (see STS-31R), RME-III-7 (see STS-51A) and IMAX Camera (stored and utilized in the Spacelab). |
| SSIP - 2 experiments | SE81-09 (Convection in Zero Gravity) & SE83-2 (Capillary Rise of Liquid Through Granular Porous Media - Studies Fluid Flow) |
| SSME's: | 2026 (1) - 2nd use, 2022 (2) & 2027 (3) - Both 7th use. At Tower Clear 100% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 11th use, Motor 8th use & RP-03/114 - Pod 15th use, Motor 8th use |
| ET: | ET-52 (LWT-45) |
| SRB's: | BI-048 (RSRM-20) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - ?A | Right - ?B | |||
| New | ? | Fwd | ? | 34 |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | 34 |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | 34 |
| 34 | ? | Cyl | ? | 34 |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | 34 |
| 33 | ? | Cyl | ? | 35 |
| 33 | ? | Cyl | ? | 34 |
| TEM5 | ? | Att | ? | 35 |
| 34 | ? | Stf | ? | 35 |
| 34 | ? | Stf | ? | New |
| 34 | ? | Aft | ? | 35 |
| 8 May 1991 | ET-52 arrives on dock KSC |
| 27 September 1991 | OV-103 returns to OPF-3 follwoing Mission-43/STS-48 |
| 21 October 1991 | SRB stacking complete |
| 4 November 1991 | ET-52/SRB mate |
| 17 November 1991 | IML-1 payload inserted into cargo bay at OPF-3 |
| 12 December 1991 | OV-103 rollover from OPF-3 VAB High Bay 1 for stacking the next day |
| 19 December 1991 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 7 January 1992 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 19 January 1992 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 1 pm EST & astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 22 January 1992 | Launch |
| 30 January 1992 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 14 February 1992 | First leg of ferry flight from EAFB to Biggs Army Air Field for overnight stay |
| 15 February 1992 | Second leg from Biggs AAF to Kelly AFB to columbus AFB for overnight stay |
| 16 February 1992 | OV-103 completes its third leg from Columbus AFB to KSC and returns to OPF-2 |