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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Stephen S. Oswald |
| Plt - William G. Gregory | |
| MS 1 - John H. Grunsfeld (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Wendy B. Lawrence | |
| MS 3 - Tamara E. Jernigan (PLC & EV 1) | |
| PS 1 - Samuel T. Durrance | |
| PS 2 - Ronald A. Parise | |
| Launch | 2 March 1995 @ 0138:13 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.46 |
| Max alt: | 357.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 262 |
| Dur: | 16:15:08:47 |
| Landing: | 18 March 1995 @ 1347:00 PST |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 55 minutes (1:37 - 4:32 am EST). Limited to 2.5 hours due to 'crew on back' constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Moron, Spain and Ben Guerir, Morocco (Alternate: Dakar) |
| AOA site: | Edwards, AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 3:09 pm EST, 17 March) |
| Landing Speed: | 201 knots (231 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 11,617' from from main gear touchdown at only 17' from the threshold |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,520,785 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 256,293 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 217,989 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 28,916 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | Same |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG Galley, TIPS, PSA, 6 Laptops, 9 loaded cryo-tank sets (see EDO), OI-23 software (5th flight), Regular WCS (toilet), Sleeping Berths, MAR, Cabin Air Cleaner (CAC), Regenerable CO2 Removal System, EDO N2 Mission Kit, Cycle Ergometer, Standard PLB TV Cameras (not CCD) and RMS-303 |
| ASTRO-2/IPS | On two Spacelab Pallet train and Igloo, with three Primary Telescopes - HUT (Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope), UIT (Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) and WUPPE (Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment) and a Star Tracker all mounted on an IPS (Instrument Pointing System) tilt table. IPS mass - 2,783 lbs. ASTRO-2/IPS mass - 17,384 lbs. |
| EDO - Extended Duration Orbiter pallet | Mass - 3,600 lbs |
| Payload Bay | 2 GAS cans - G-0387 & G-0388 |
| Mid-deck | CMIX-3 (see STS-52), PCG-S (Single locker), TES Block II-2 (see STS-66), PCG-TES Block I-03 (see STS-66), MACE-1 (Middeck Active Control Experiment), and SAREX-II Config. C (call signs: Parise - WA4SIR, Oswald - KB5YSR, Lawrence - KC5KII, Durrance - N3TQA with Jernigan and Gregory license pending. |
| SSME's: | 2012 (1) - 15th use, 2033 (2) -7th use, 2031 (3) - 12th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 15th use, Motor 12th use & RP-01/101 - Pod 21st use, Motor 9th use |
| ET: | ET-69 (LWT-62) |
| SRB's: | BI-071 (RSRM-43) - Set successfully recovered |
| 20 September 1994 | ET-69 arrives on dock KSC |
| 21 October 1994 | OV-105 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-65/STS-68 |
| December 1994 | ET-69/SRB mate in VAB High Bay 3 |
| 14 December 1994 | ASTRO-2 payload was installed into the orbiter while in the OPF |
| 3 February 1995 | OV-105 rollover from OPF-1 to the VAB High Bay for stacking the same day |
| 8 February 1995 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 15 February 1995 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 26 February 1995 | Astronaut arrival KSC at 10:45 pm |
| 27 February 1995 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 2:00 am EST |
| 2 March 1995 | Launch |
| 18 March 1995 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 26 March 1995 | First leg of the return ferry lfight from EAFB to Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX on SCA-905 |
| 27 March 1995 | OV-105/SCA second leg from Dyess to Columbus AFB, MS, to KSC and OPF-1 the next day |