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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Loren J. Shriver |
| Plt - Andrew M. Allen | |
| MS 1 - Claude Nicollier | |
| MS 2 - Marsha S. Ivins (IV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Jeffrey A. Hoffman (PLC & EV 1) | |
| MS 4 - Franklin R. Chang-Diaz (EV 2) | |
| PS 2 - Franco Malerba | |
| Launch | 31 July 1992 @ 0956:48.0648 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 431.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 127 |
| Dur: | 7:23:15:02 |
| Landing: | 8 August 1992 @ 0911:50 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 5 hours, 16 minutes (9:56 am - 3:12 pm EDT) - limited to 2 hr., 30 min. "Crew on back" constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Banjul, The Gambia |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 8:06 am EDT, 7 August) |
| Landing Speed: | 204 knots (234 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,860' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,516,789 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 256,031 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 208,806 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 28,585 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 18,594 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's, Galley, teleprinter, TAGS, GAPC, Sleeping Berths, Color TV Monitors and Camcorders, 3 Laptops & RMS-201. Also Keel and TSS cradle mounted TV cameras. |
| Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) | On a spacelab pallet plus supporting instrumentation on an MPESS. Mass - 10,567 lbs (Satellite mass - 1,140 lbs; Tether mass - 60 lbs.) 11 Investigations |
| EOIM/TEMP-2A/MPESS - mass: 2,485 lbs. | EOIM, see STS-8, TEMP, Thermal Energy Management Process, a small mechanically pumped thermal control system. |
| EURECA-1L - 1992-049B | Mass - 9,901 lbs. 14 Experiments. |
| Mid-deck | PHCF (Pituitary Growth Hormone Cell Function), AMOS (see STS-29R), UVPI (see STS-43) |
| Cargo Bay | ICBC (see STS-61C), LDCE-C (Limited Duration Space Enviroment Candidate Material Exposure - Configuration C) in 2 GAS cans (LDCE-1 & LDCE-2), CONCAP-II passive exposure exp. & CONCAP-III electro deposition exp. (1 GAS can each) with LDCE-3 mounted on the CONCAP-III GAS can. (CONCAP - Consortium for Materials Development in Space Complex Payloads) |
| SSME's: | 2032 (1) & 2033 (2) - Both first use, 2027 (3) - 8th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/106 - Pod 9th use, Motor 18th use & RP-01/111 - Pod 9th use, Motor 13th use |
| ET: | ET-48 (LWT-41) |
| SRB's: | BI-052 (RSRM-25) - Set successfully recovered |
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| 11 March 1992 | ET-48 arrives on dock KSC |
| 2 April 1992 | OV-104 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-46/STS-45 |
| 4 June 1992 | ET-48/SRB mate in VAB High Bay 1 & OV-104 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 1 for stacking the same |
| 11 June 1992 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 16 June 1992 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 8 July 1992 | Payload was installed into the orbiter on the pad |
| 28 July 1992 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 4 pm EDT & astronaut arrival KSC |
| 31 July 1992 | Launch |
| 8 August 1992 | Landing at KSC/SLF (No ferry flight) OV-104 returned to OPF-2 the same day. |
| 18 October 1992 | OV-104 departs KSC for OMDP (Orbiter Maintenance Down Period) modifications at Palmdale |