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| Crew: 6 | CDR - Richard N. Richards |
| Plt - L. Blaine Hammond | |
| MS 1 - Jerry M. Linenger (IV 1) | |
| MS 2 - Susan J. Helms | |
| MS 3 - Carl J. Meade (EV 2) | |
| MS 4 - Mark C. Lee (PLC & EV 1) | |
| Launch | 9 September 1994 @ 1822:55 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 57.01 |
| Max alt: | 265.5 km. |
| Orbits: | 176 |
| Dur: | 10:22:49:57 |
| Landing: | 20 September 1994 @ 1412:52 PDT |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 53 minutes (4:30 - 7:23 pm EDT) - Limited to 2 hr., 30 min. 'crew on back' constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco and Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | White Sands (Alternate: KSC and EAFB) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 2:22 pm EDT, 18 September) |
| Landing Speed: | 208 knots (239 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 9,656' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,503,921 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 241,434 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 211,834 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 20,417 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 20,375 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, SORG Galley, Thermal Impulse Printer, OI-23 software (2nd flt), MAR, Trajectory Control Sensor (laser), 2 hand-held laser rangefinders, MAgnum Spotlight, treadmill, SPIFEX remote TV camera, Electonic EMU Cuff Checklists (DTO-0672) and RMS-201 |
| LITE-1 - LIDAR-in-space Technology Experiment | On spacelab pallet. Mass - 5,920 lbs. |
| SPARTAN-201-2 - 1994-059B | SWGE (Solar Wind Generation Experiment) retrievable payload. Mounted on an MPESS with support equipment (mass - 2,425 lbs). Spacecraft mass - 2,842 lbs. Two experiments: WLC (White Light Coronograph) & the UVCS (Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer) |
| GBA - Gas Bridge Assembly | 10 GAS on an MPESS. Total mass - 5,890 lbs |
| EVA-1 - 16 September | Duration - 6 hours, 51 minutes | Both astronauts flew the SAFER unit & practiced rescue techniques. | Lee and Meade |
| Payload Bay | SAFER (Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue) - Mass: 83 lbs., SPIFEX (Shuttle Plue Impingement Flight Exp. - DTO-0830) - Mass: 772 lbs, ROMPS (Robotic Operated Materials Processing System), and TCS (Trajectory Control Sensor - DTO-0700-5) |
| Mid-deck | AMOS (see STS-29R), SSCE-7 (see STS-41), RME-III-15 (see STS-8), BRIC-02 Block II config. (see STS-68 - originally scheduled before this flight), and SAREX-II-15 Configuration B - Sarex call signs: Richards (DK5SIW), Hammond (KC5HBS) & Linenger (KC5HBR) |
| SSME's: | 2031 (1) - 11th use, 2109 (2) - 13th use, 2029 (3) - 10th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/106 - Pod & Motor both 22nd use & RP-03/114 - Pod 20th use, Motor 13th use |
| ET: | ET-66 (LWT-59) |
| SRB's: | BI-068 (RSRM-41) - Set Successfully recovered |
| 11 February 1994 | OV-103 returns to OPF-3 following Mission-60/STS-60 |
| 19 May 1994 | ET-66 arrives on dock KSC |
| 26 May 1994 | OV-103 transferred from OPF-3 to the VAB HB-2 for temporary storage |
| 8 June 1994 | OV-103 was transferred from the VAB lowbay to OPF-2 (Note: SSME's had not yet been installed) |
| 7 July 1994 | LITE-1 payload was installed into the orbiter while in the OPF |
| 27 July 1994 | ET-66/SRB mate in VAB High Bay 1 |
| 11 August 1994 | OV-103 rollover from OPF-2 to VAB High Bay 1 for stacking the same day |
| 18 August 1994 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B, first motion at 10:43 pm. Hard down at 5:30 am the next morning |
| 25 August 1994 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 6 September 1994 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 9 pm EDT. Astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 9 September 1994 | Launch |
| 20 September 1994 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 26 September 1994 | Discovery mated to SCA-905 begin the first leg of the return ferry flight, staying overnight at Kelly AFB |
| 27 September 1994 | OV103/SCA depart Kelly AFB and arrives KSC. OV-103 is returned to OPF-2 the next morning |