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| Crew: 6 | CDR - James D. Wetherbee |
| Plt - Eileen M. Collins | |
| MS 1 - Bernard A. Harris (PLC & EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - C. Michael Foale (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Janice E. Voss-Ford | |
| MS 4 - Vladimir G. Titov | |
| Launch | 3 February 1995 @ 0022:04 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 51.65 |
| Max alt: | 410.4 km. |
| Orbits: | 129 |
| Dur: | 8:06:28:15 |
| Landing: | 11 February 1995 @ 0650:19 EST |
| Launch Window: | 5 minutes (12:22:04 - 12:27:04 am EST). Short window required to rendezvous with Mir. |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco and Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | KSC/SLF |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF |
| Landing Speed: | 206 knots (237 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 11,002' from main gear touchdown (1,349' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,511,481 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 247,476 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 211,278 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 19,051 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 18,994 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, SORG-Repackaged Galley, PSA, MUP, OI-23 Software (4th flight), 1st use of IBM "Thinkpad 755C" laptops (7), PILOT (see STS-58), 4 Loaded Cryo-tanks, 2 Laser Rangefinders, TIPS, 4 Aft Flightdeck Stowage Containers, Magnum Spotlight, Sleeping Bags, 5 Broadcast quality TV Cameras (one in the Spacehab ceiling window), Russian supplied VHF radio for Mir communications and RMS-201. |
| SPACEHAB-03 - Space Habitat Module, Flight Unit #1 | 20 expirements. Total mass - 8,765 lbs. |
| SPARTAN-204-1 - 1995-004B | Far Ultraviolet Imaging Spectroscope (FUVIS), mounted on an MPESS (MPESS mass - 2,409 lbs.) Spartan deployed mass - 2,572 lbs. |
| GCP/ODERACS-2 - 1995-004C - 004H | 3 MPESS mounted experiments & the ICBC, total mass 4,406 lbs. ODERACS-2 (see STS-53, 56 & 60) - 6 targets, CSE (Cryo System Experiment), GLO-2 (see STS-53), & the ICBC - IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (see STS-61) |
| EVA-1 - 9 February | Duration - 4 hours, 39 minutes | To evaluate EMU modifications in cold soak mode, including heavy mass hangling | Foale and Harris |
| Payload Bay | TCS (Trajectory Control Sensor) - Mounted on the starboard longeron |
| Mid-deck | SSCE-8 (see STS-41, last flight) & AMOS (see STS-29R) |
| SSME's: | 2035 (1) - 1st use, 2109 (2) - 14th use, 2029 (3) - 11th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/106 - Pod & Motor 23rd use both & RP-03/114 - Pod 21st use, Motor 14th use |
| ET: | ET-68 (LWT-61) |
| SRB's: | BI-070 (RSRM-42) - Set damaged, impacting 6-8' waves in 35 knot winds |
| 26 July 1994 | ET-68 arrives on dock KSC |
| 28 September 1994 | OV-103 returns to OPF-2 following Mission-64/STS-64 |
| 8 November 1994 | ET-68/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-1 |
| 29 November 1994 | SPACEHAB-3 payload was installed int othe orbiter while in the OPF |
| 5 January 1995 | OV-103 rollover from OPF-2 to the VAB High Bay for stacking the same day |
| 10 January 1995 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 12 January 1995 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 29 January 1995 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 4:30 pm EST |
| 30 January 1995 | Astronaut arrival KSC, late Sunday evening |
| 3 February 1995 | Launch |
| 11 February 1995 | Landing at KSC/SLF. OV-103 returned to OPF-2 the same day |