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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Daniel C. Brandenstein |
| Plt - Kevin P. Chilton | |
| MS 1 - Richard J. Heib (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Bruce E. Melnick | |
| MS 3 - Pierre J. Thuot (EV 1) | |
| MS 4 - Kathryn C. Thornton (EV 3) | |
| MS 5 - Thomas D. Akers (EV 4) | |
| Launch | 7 May 1992 @ 1940:00.0771 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.33 |
| Max alt: | 368.5 km. |
| Orbits: | 139 |
| Dur: | 8:21:17:38 |
| Landing: | 16 May 1992 @ 1357:38 PDT |
| Launch Window: | 49 minutes (7:06 - 7:55 pm EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir (changed from Banjul due to weather conditions there) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB, scheduled for 14 May, at 4:35 pm PDT |
| Landing Speed: | 198 knots (228 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 9,490' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,519,238 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 256,597 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 201,649 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 32,598 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 8,558 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | Repackaged Galley, teleprinter, RMS-303, 4 Cryo-tank sets, MADS, Mid-deck Accomodations Rack (MAR), Keel TV, Payload bay liner, TAGS, 2 PSA's, 4 EMU's, 3 Helmets and EMU TV, EVA tools: Portable Foot Restraints, Intelsat Capture Bar, Portable EMU battery chargers and Hand Held Radar Rangefinders for RV. |
| Intelsat PKM (Orbus 21S motor) - 1992-026B | Mass - 23,195 lbs. ASE cradle - 4,418 lbs. |
| Intelsat VI F-3 | 1990-021A - Mass 8,960 lbs (for Repair & Reboost) |
| ASEM on an MPESS | Assembly of Station by EVA Methods. Mass - 4,263 lbs. |
| EVA-1 - 10 May (Intelsat capture attempt failed - Thuot and Heib)) | Duration - 4 hours, 43 minutes |
| EVA-2 - 11 May (2nd Intelsat capture attempt failed - Thuot and Heib) | Duration - 5 hours, 30 minutes |
| EVA-3 - 13 May (Intelsat manual capture and repair/deploy - Thuot, Heib and Akers) | Duration - 8 hours, 29 minutes |
| EVA-4 - 14 May (reconfigured ASEM Demonstrations - Thornton and Akers) | Duration - 5 hours, 55 minutes |
| Note: EVA-3 is currently the longest EVA, and only three man EVA. | Suite I.D.: Thuot - solid red stripe, Heib - no stripe, Akers - Candy Cane stripe & Thornton - broken stripe |
| Mid-deck | Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG) with new Commercial Refridgerator Incubator Module (CRIM), AMOS (see STS-29R) & UVPI (see STS-45) |
| SSME's: | 2030 (1) - 7th use, 2015 (2) - 8th use, 2017 (3) - 6th use. At Tower Clear 104% | Note: First flight of Block II MEC's. Two engines also carried new redesigned HPFTP's. |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 12th use, Motor 10th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 8th use, Motor 12th use | |
| ET: | ET-32 (LWT-36) with AADS package | |
| SRB's: | BI-050 (RSRM-22) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - ?A | Right - ?B | |||
| New | ? | Fwd | ? | 34 |
| 35 | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| 35 | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| 35 | ? | Cyl | ? | TEM2 |
| 35 | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| 35 | ? | Cyl | ? | Q-8 |
| 31 | ? | Cyl | ? | 35 |
| New | ? | Att | ? | New |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | New |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | 31 |
| New | ? | Aft | ? | FSM1 |
| 14 March 1990 | Intelsat VI (International Telecommunications Satellite) F-3 launched |
| 25 July 1991 | OV-105 delivered to OPF-1 from temporary storage in the VAB |
| 14 November 1991 | ET-43 arrives on dock KSC |
| 17 February 1992 | ET/SRB mate |
| 7 March 1992 | OV-105 is transferred from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 1 |
| 8 March 1992 | OV-105 is mated to the STS-49 stack |
| 13 March 1992 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 6 April 1992 | FRF conducted at Pad 39B at 11:12 am EDT for a 22 second duration |
| 12 - 16 April 1992 | OV-105 engines (2035, 2033, & 2034) are exchanged for flight proven units (2030, 2015, & 2017) due to minor component failure within two of the unflown engines, changing out all three engines for flown units was considered prudent as not to endanger the processing flow. |
| 14 April 1992 | Payload installed into orbiter whie on Pad 39B |
| 17 April 1992 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard the orbiter |
| 4 May 1992 | Astronaut arriveal at KSC, "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown begins at 11:00 pm EDT |
| 7 May 1992 | Launch |
| 16 May 1992 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 21 May 1992 | Intelsat VI F-3 arrives in an operational geosynchronous orbit |
| 27 May 1992 | First leg of OV-105 ferry flight from EAFB to Biggs AAF (on new NASA SCA-911) |
| 29 May 1992 | Second leg of ferry flight from Biggs AAF to Kelly AFB for overnight stay |
| 30 May 1992 | Final leg of ferry flight from Kelly AFB to KSC |
| 1 June 1992 | OV-105 is returned to OPF-3 at 1:15 am |