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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Richard O. Covey |
| Plt - Kenneth D. Bowersox | |
| MS 1 - Kathryn C. Thornton (EV 3) | |
| MS 2 - Claude Nicollier | |
| MS 3 - Jeffrey A. Hoffman (EV 1) | |
| MS 4 - F. Story Musgrave (EV 2) | |
| MS 5 - Thomas D. Akers (EV 4) | |
| Launch | 2 December 1993 @ 0427:00 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 600.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 162 |
| Dur: | 10:19:58:33 |
| Landing: | 13 December 1993 @ 0025:33 EST |
| Launch Info: Orbiter - Endeavour 105-5 Pad 39B KSC (MLP-2) - First attempt on 1 December scrubbed at T-9 minutes due to high wind conditions at KSC. Landed on runway 33, KSC. 18th KSC landing, 7th night landing, 2nd at KSC. Returned one orbit early due to approaching weather conditions. |
| Launch Window: | 1 hour, 11 minutes (4:27 - 5:38 am) |
| TAL Sites: | Banjul, Gambia (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco and Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 1:57 am EST, 13 December) |
| Landing Speed: | 201 knots (231 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 7,921' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,515,150 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 250,314 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 221,210 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 17,662 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 17,065 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 4 EMU's, SORG Galley, Thermal Impulse Printer, Standard Toilet, Portable In-cab Spotlight 'Mag-Lite', Electronic Still Camera (w/downlink), Laser Rangefinder, Portable Battery Chargers MFR & Portable PFR's, 5 Cryo. & 5 Nitrogen tank sets, 3 new HAINS IMU's, separate HST tool box, 2 PSA's, Keel TV, FSS Camera, 70 mm Camera (1st time used on EVA), TEAC Hi-8 VCR, a new RMS Elbow Camera (CCD-CCTV) mounted on RMS-303 |
| Flight Support System (FSS) | For HST Servicing Mission-1 (SM-1). Mass - 4,200 lbs |
| Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier (ORUC) - mounted on a spacelab pallet | Total mass - 6,369 lbs. Conatins Wide Field/Planetary Camera-2 (WF/PC-2) - 613 lbs., 3 Rate Sensor Units - 73 lbs, 2 Magnetic Sensing Systems (MSS) - 15 lbs ea., Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) - 660 lbs., Solar Array Drive Electr. (SADE) Coprocessor - 140 lbs., Fuse Plugs, 2 Electronic Control Units (ECU's) - 35 lbs., and the High Resolution Spectrograph Repair Kit - 7 lbs. |
| Solar Array Carrier (SAC) | Replacement Units SA-1 & SA-2. Total mass - 3,829 lbs. Each array mass - 351 lbs. |
| Damaged Solar Array-2 - 1990-037C | Hand released for disposal by Thornton on EVA-2 |
| EVA-1 - 4/5 December | Duration - 7 hours, 54 minutes | Replaced 2 RSU's, 2 ECU's and fuses | Hoffman (on RMS) and Musgrave (free) |
| EVA-2 - 5/6 December | Duration - 6 hours, 36 minutes | Cast off stuck array, replaced both arrays | Thornton (on RMS) and Akers (free) |
| EVA-3 - 6/7 December | Duration - 6 hours, 47 minutes | Replaced WF/PC with WF/PC-2 & added 2 new magnetometers | Hoffman (on RMS) and Musgrave (free) |
| EVA-4 - 7/8 December | Duration - 6 hours, 50 minutes | Installed COSTAR and new computer coprocessors | Thornton (on RMS) and Akers (free) |
| EVA-5 - 8/9 December | Duration - 7 hours, 21 minutes | Replaced one solar array drive unit & power supply for GHRS | Hoffman (on RMS) and Musgrave (free) |
| Suit ID: Hoffman - Solid Red Stripes | Musgrave - No Red Stripes | Thornton - Broken Red Stripes | Akers - Candy Cane Stripe |
| Cargo Bay | IMAX Camera (ICBC) |
| Mid-deck | In-Cabin IMAX Camera & AMOS. Also - PILOT (see STS-58) |
| SSME's: | 2019 (1) - 13th use, 2033 (2) - 4th use, 2017 (3) - 9th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 16th use, Motor 14th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 12th use, Motor 15th use |
| ET: | ET-60 (LWT-53) |
| SRB's: | BI-063 (RSRM-23) - Set successfully recovered. First set to utilize new SRB igniters. |
| 22 June 1993 | ET-60 arrvies on dock KSC |
| 1 July 1993 | OV-105 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-56/STS-57 |
| 6 October 1993 | ET-60/SRB mate in VAB High Bay |
| 21 October 1993 | OV-105 rollover from the OPF-1 to VAB High Bay for stacking the same day |
| 26 October 1993 | HST Service/Repair payload transported to Pad 39A PCR to await orbiter insertion |
| 28 October 1993 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 5 November 1993 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard (T-0 at 11 am EST, 5 November) |
| 5 November 1993 | Due to contamination (dust/sand particulate) found within the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at pad 39A, the HST Repair payload was transferred to the PHSF for cleaning |
| 15 November 1993 | STS-61 stack was rolled back down the crawerway and up to Pad 39B from A due to PCR conditions. Rollback began with first motion just before noon with arrival at Pad 39B and hard down by 6 pm |
| 15 November 1993 | HST Repair payload was transferred back from the PHSF to pad 39B PCR |
| 20-21 November 1993 | HST Repair payload was installed into the orbiter |
| 28 November 1993 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 9 am EST and astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 2 December 1993 | Launch |
| 13 December 1993 | Landing at KSC/SLF and returned to OPF-1 the same day, approx. 3 am |