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| Crew: 6 | CDR - Michael A. Baker |
| Plt - Terrence W. Wilcutt (IV 1) | |
| MS 1 - Steven L. Smith (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Daniel W. Bursch | |
| MS 3 - Peter J. K. Wisoff (EV 1) | |
| MS 4 - Thomas D. Jones (PLC) | |
| Launch | 30 September 1994 @ 0716:00 UT |
| Orbital incl: | 57.00 |
| Max alt: | 212.4 km. |
| Orbits: | 182 |
| Dur: | 11:05:46:09 |
| Landing: | 11 October 1994 @ 1002:09 PDT |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 32 minutes (7:16 - 9:48 am EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco and Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | White Sands Space Harbor (Alternates: KSC and EAFB) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 11:56 am EDT 10 October) |
| Landing Speed: | 199 knots (229 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,495' from main gear touchdown (3,522' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,510,392 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 247,129 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 222,026 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 27,582 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | Same |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG Galley, Thermal Impulse Printer, MAR, 2 Large Format Cameras, 4 Laptops (PGSC), VTR, Sleep Stations - 3 Bunks, Cycle Ergometer, 1 CCD Cargo Bay camera and RMS-303 (Note: On this flight the RMS Elbow camera was removed prior to flight) |
| SRL-2 - Space Radar Laboratory | SIR-C/X-SAR (Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar). 3 separate radars - SIR-C (L-Band & C-Band) & X-SAR. Total mass - 21,373 lbs. Mounted on Spacelab pallet (Mass - 2,417 lbs). |
| 5 GAS | G-0136, G-0503, G-0541 & GAS Postal Payload (GPP-1 & 2 - 2 cans with 500,000 Apollo 11 25th Anniversary Postal Stamps) |
| Mid-deck | CPCG-I (6th flight, see STS-49), CREAM (see STS-48), MAST-2 (see STS-65), CHROMEX-5 (see STS-29R), & Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC-01). BRIC carried Gypsy moth eggs this flight. |
| SSME's: | 2026 (1) - 4th use, 2033 (2) - 6th use, 2028 (3) - 9th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 14th use, Motor 11th use & RP-01/101 - Pod 20th use, Motor 8th use |
| ET: | ET-65 (LWT-58) |
| SRB's: | BI-067 (RSRM-40) - Set successfully recovered |
| 4 March 1994 | ET-65 arrives on dock KSC |
| 2 May 1994 | OV-105 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-62/STS-59 |
| 15 June 1994 | ET-65/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 29 June 1994 | SRL-2 payload was installed into the orbiter while in the OPF (see STS-59) |
| 21 July 1994 | OV-105 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay-3 for stacking the same day |
| 27 July 1994 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 18 August 1994 | First launch attempt - RSLS abort at T-1.9 seconds. |
| 3 August 1994 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 23 August 1994 | Stack rollback to VAB HB-1 for engine swap, SSME's 2012, 2034, 2032 replace by 2033, 2026 & 2028 |
| 13 September 1994 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A, first motion just after mid-night EST |
| 27 September 1994 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 11 am EDT. Astronaut arrival KSC, crew arriving via NASA Gulfstream jet |
| 30 September 1994 | Launch |
| 11 October 1994 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 19 October 1994 | First leg of KSC return ferry flight departing Edwards AFB at 1:55 pm PDT arriving Biggs AAF, El Paso at 4 pm (approx.) for refuelling stop. On to Dyess AFB for an overnight stay, arriving at 5:30 pm (approx.) |
| 20 October 1994 | OV-105/SCA911 arrival at KSC (5:05 pm) from Dyess AFB with the vehicle demated overnight. OV105 returned to OPF-1 the next morning at 7 am |