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| Crew: 6 | CDR - James D. Wetherbee |
| Plt - Michael A. Baker (IV 1) | |
| MS 1 - Charles L. Veach (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - William M. Shepherd (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Tamara E. Jernigan (EV 2) | |
| PS 1 - Steven G. MacLean (CSA) | |
| Launch | 22 October 1992 @ 1309:39.0633 ET |
| Orbital incl: | 28.46 |
| Max alt: | 312.2 km. |
| Orbits: | 159 |
| Dur: | 9:20:56:13 |
| Landing: | 1 November 1992 @ 0905:53 EST |
| Launch Window: | 3 hours, 5 minutes (11:16 am - 2:21 pm EDT) - limited to 2 hr., 30 min. "Crew on back" constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Banjul, The Gambia (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled - 8:55 am EST, 1 November) |
| Landing Speed: | 211 knots (243 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,708' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,514,325 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 250,130 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 215,114 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 20,077 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 14,419 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's, Replacement Galley, teleprinter, TAGS, MAR, Regenerative CO2 Removal System & RMS-301 |
| On an IRIS Spinning Stage/ISS on an ASE. Lageos mass - 5,512 lbs (with AKM's), ASE mass - 2,214 lbs. LAGEOS satellite mass - 904 lbs. | |
| USMP-1 - Mounted on 2 MPESS. Mass - 8,748 lbs. | United States Microgravity Payload. Three experiments - 1) Lambda Point Experiment (LPE), 2) Material pour l'etude des Phenomenes Interessant la Solidification sur Terre et en Orbite (MEPHISTO) and 3) SAMS |
| In Payload Bay | Attitude Sensor Package (ASP) - 632 lbs., CANEX-2 - Target Assembly (CTA) deployable sat. - mass 180 lbs (1992-070C), & CANEX - Materials Exposure to Low Earth Orbit (MELEO) mounted on RMS. |
| Mid-deck | CPCG-II (see STS-49), PSE-2 (see STS-41), Heat Pipe Performance Experiment (HPP), Crystals by Vapor Transport Experiment (CVTE), Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiment (CMIX), Shuttle Plume Impingement Experiment (SPIE), UVPI (see STS-43), TPCE-TP (Tank Pressure Control Experiment/Thermal Phenomena) (see STS-43) |
| In-cabin CANEX | Space Vision System (SVS) with RMS/CTA, Orbiter Glow-2 (OGLOW-2), Queen's University Experiment in Liquid-Metal Diffusion (QUELD), Sun Photo Spectrometer Earth Atmosphere Measurement (SPEAM-2), Phase Partitioning in Liquids (PARLIQ), Space Adaptation Tests and Observations (SATO) - Vestibular-Ocular Reflex Check, Body Water Changes in Microgravity, Assessment of Back Pain in Astronauts & Illusions During Movement |
| SSME's: | 2030 (1) - 8th use, 2015 (2) - 9th use, 2034 (3) - 1st use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | Unknown |
| ET: | ET-55 (LWT-49) & AADS package |
| SRB's: | BI-054 (RSRM-27) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - ?A | Right - ?B | |||
| TEM7 | ? | Fwd | ? | 39 |
| 37 | ? | Cyl | ? | TEM5 |
| 39 | ? | Cyl | ? | New |
| 37 | ? | Cyl | ? | TEM3 |
| 38 | ? | Cyl | ? | 38 |
| 24 | ? | Cyl | ? | 38 |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | 27 |
| 38 | ? | Att | ? | 36 |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | 36 |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | TEM7 |
| New | ? | Aft | ? | 38 |
| 2 June 1992 | ET-55 arrives on dock KSC |
| 9 July 1992 | OV-102 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-48/STS-50 |
| 9 September 1992 | ET-47/SRB mate in VAB High Bay 1 |
| 20 September 1992 | OV-102 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 1 for stacking the same day |
| 26 September 1992 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 29 September 1992 | Payload insertion at the pad & Engine 2028 (3) is pulled for repairs with orbiter on the pad |
| 1 October 1992 | Engine 2034 is inserted into the orbiter position 3 replacing Engine 2038 |
| 2 October 1992 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 19 October 1992 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 4 pm EDT & astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 22 October 1992 | Launch |
| 1 November 1992 | Landing at KSC/SLF (No ferry flight) OV-102 returned to the OPF the same day |