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| Crew: 6 | CDR - Donald R. McMonagle |
| Plt - Curtis l. Brown | |
| MS 1 - Ellen Ochoa (PLC) | |
| MS 2 - Joseph R. Tanner (EV 2) | |
| MS 3 - Jean-Francois Clervoy | |
| MS 4 - Scott E. Parazynski (EV 1) | |
| Launch | 3 November 1994 @ 1159:43 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 57.00 |
| Max alt: | 318.7 km. |
| Orbits: | 174 |
| Dur: | 10:22:34:02 |
| Landing: | 14 November 1994 @ 0733:45 PST |
| Launch Window: | 1 hour, 2 minutes (11:56 am - 12:58 pm EST) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco and Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | White Sands (Alternate: KSC) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 7:45 am EST, 14 November) |
| Landing Speed: | 196 knots (225 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 7,642' from main gear touchdown (3,224' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,508,369 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 243,839 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 209,842 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 23,247 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | Same |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG Galley, TIPS, PSA, Cycle Ergo., Recumbent Seat Support Structure (test for long duration crew return), Sleeping Berths, Mk. 1 Row. Mach., 6 Laptops, Hand-held Laser Range Finders, MAR, Cabin Air Cleaner, Magnum Spotlight, Exercise Resistance Device, ERPCL, Prox Ops. Keel TV (for SPAS Ops) and RMS-202 (1st use). |
| ATLAS-3 - Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science. | Six expirements. Mass - 8,287 lbs. |
| CRISTA-SPAS - 1994-073B | Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere - Shuttle Pallet Satellite. 3 Expirements - CRISTA (3 IR telescopes & 4 IR spectrometers), MAHRSI (Middle Atmospheric High Resolution Spectrograph), and SESAM (Surface Effects Sample Monitor). Mass - 7,194 lbs. |
| Payload Bay | SSBUV/A-7 (see STS-34, flight mounted to one Adapter Beam), ESCAPE-II (Experiment of the Sun Complementing the Atlas Payload and Education) |
| Mid-deck | PARE/NIH-R (Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Exp./National Institutes of Health-Rodents) - 10 rats, PCG-TES (Protein Crystal Growth-Thermal Enclosure System), PCG-STES (PCG-Single Locker TES), STL-A/NIH-C (Space Tissue Loss/National Institutes of Health-C), SAMS (see STS-43), HPP-2 |
| SSME's: | 2030 (1) - 10th use, 2034 (2) - 5th use, 2017 (3) - 11th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 17th use, Motor 15th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 13th use, Motor 17th use |
| ET: | ET-67 (LWT-60) |
| SRB's: | BI-069 (RSRM-38) - Set successfully recovered |
| 16 October 1992 | OV-104 towed from OPF-2 to the SLF for mating to the SCA |
| 18 October 1992 | OV-104 departs KSC for Palmdale (for Mir modifications) stopping at Longview, TX and Biggs AAF |
| 27 May 1994 | OV-104/SCA leaves Palmdale, after modification for Russian docking hardware, stopping at El Paso |
| 28 May 1994 | OV-104/SCA leaves Biggs AAF, El Paso for Warner Robbins AFB, Georgia, for overnight stay |
| 29 May 1994 | OV-104/SCA leaves Warner Robbins AFB for KSC. Arriving at the SLF at 7:30 am, returning to OPF-3 that afternoon to begin STS-66 processing |
| 13 June 1994 | ET-67 arrives on dock KSC |
| 23 August 1994 | ATLAS-3 payload was installed into the orbiter while in the OPF |
| 14 September 1994 | ET-67/SRB mate in the VAB High Bay 3 |
| 3 October 1994 | OV-104 rollover from OPF-3 to the VAB High Bay 3 for stacking the next morning |
| 9 - 10 October 1994 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B (First motion at 10:30 pm; hard down on Pad at 5:30 am EDT) |
| 14 October 1994 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 31 October 1994 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 3:30 pm EDT. Astronaut arrival KSC |
| 3 November 1994 | Launch |
| 14 November 1994 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 20 November 1994 | OV-104/SCA-911 combination begin the first leg of th KSC return ferry flight from EAFB. |
| 21 November 1994 | OV-104 arrives at the KSC/SLF and is returned to OPF-3 the same day |