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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Frank L. Culbertson |
| Plt - William F. Readdy (IV 1) | |
| MS 1 - James H. Newman (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Daniel W. Bursch | |
| MS 3 - Carl E. Walz (EV 1) | |
| Launch | 12 September 1993 @ 0745:00.062 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.46 |
| Max alt: | 326.7 km. |
| Orbits: | 158 |
| Dur: | 9:20:11:07 |
| Landing: | 22 September 1993 @ 0356:07 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 1 hour, 55 minutes (7:45 - 9:40 am EDT, with a cutout from 8:16 - 8:21 am) |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir, Morocco |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 3:56 am EDT 22 September, curtailed to 21 September) |
| Landing Speed: | 198 knots (228 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,271' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,525,869 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 261,597 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 206,438 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 42,682 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 15,931 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, EMU TV-receiver (for SPAS), Teleprinter, SORG Galley, Generic PSA, External GPS receiver (DTO 700-6), new Extended Range Payload Comm. Link (ERPCL), new Trajectory Control Sensor RV rangefinder (TCS), EVA Tools, Thermal Impulse Printer, MAR, laptops, exercycle (ergometer) and RMS-201 |
| Advanced Communications Satellite (ACTS)/Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS ORBUS 21) - 1993-058B & TOS - 1993-058C | Deployed mass - 26,756 lbs. ACTS mass - 6,108 lbs. Mounted on Airborne Support Equipment (ASE), mass - 6,394 lbs |
| Orbiteing Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellie (ORFEUS-SPAS) - 1993-058D | A 1-meter telescope with 2 focal plane instr., the Far Ultraviolet and Extreme UltraViolet spectrometers. Also carrying IMAPS (Interstellar Medium Absorption Profile Spectrograph UV instr.), RICS (Remote IMAX Camera with EMU TV) and SESAM (Surface Effects Sample Monitor). Mass - 7,070 lbs |
| EVA-1 - 16 September (Newman & Walz) | Duration - 7 hours, 5 minutes | NOTE: On 16 September, the Mir also conducted an EVA - First time this has happened |
| Mid-deck | LDCE Configuration C (see STS-46), IMAX in-cabin camera (see STS-41C), CPCG-II (see STS-49), CHROMEX-04 (see STS-29R), APE-B (see STS-9 & STS-43), and HRSGS-A (High Resolution Shuttle Glow Spectroscopy) |
| SSME's: | 2031 (1) - 9th use, 2034 (2) - 3rd use, 2029 (3) - 8th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/106 - Pod & Motor 10th use both, & RP-03/114 - Pod 11th use, Motor 18th use |
| ET: | ET-59 (LWT-52) |
| SRB's: | BI-060 (RSRM-33) - Set successfully recovered |
| 3 February 1993 | ET-59 arrives on dock KSC |
| 17 April 1993 | OV-103 returns to OPF-3 following Mission-54/STS-56 |
| 2 June 1993 | ET-59/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-1 for stacking the same day |
| 26 June 1993 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 27 June 1993 | ACTS/TOS & ORPHEUS-SPAS installed into the orbiter on the pad |
| 1 July 1993 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 12 August 1993 | An RSLS abort required an engine complement swap (2030, 2033, & 2032 for 2031, 2034, & 2029 |
| 9 September 1993 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 8 am EDT and astronaut arrival KSC |
| 12 September 1993 | Launch |
| 22 September 1993 | Landing at KSC/SLF. OV-103 returned to OPF-3 the same day |