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| Crew: 5 | CDR - David M. Walker |
| Plt - Kenneth D. Cockrell | |
| MS 1 - James S. Voss (PLC & EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - James H. Newman | |
| MS 3 - Michael L. Gernhardt (EV 2) | |
| Launch | 7 September 1995 @ 1109:00 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 408.8 km. |
| Orbits: | 170 |
| Dur: | 10:20:28:56 |
| Landing: | 18 September 1995 @ 0737:56 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 3 hours, 8 minutes (11:09 am - 2:17 pm EDT) - Limited to 2 hr., 30 min. 'crew on back' constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir, Morocco (Alternative: Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF |
| Landing Speed: | 218 knots (251 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,230' from main gear touchdown (1,912' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,520,139 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 256,808 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 218,864 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 25,352 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 25,304 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, 9 Laptops, 4 CCD PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-24 Software (3rd flight), Magnum Spotlight, Cycle Ergometer, Sleeping Berths & 1 Sleeping Bag, Laser Range finders, Regenerative CO2 Removal System, and RMS-303. |
| Wake Shield Facility-2 | Deployable payload. Mass - 4,364 lbs. |
| Spartan-201-3 | RMS deployable payload. |
| CAPL-2/GBA 6 - 6 Gas canisters | G-0726, G-0707, G-0645, G-0515 and 1 Ballast canister and TES-2 |
| IEH-1 - Internation Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker-1 | On an MPESS. 2 Instruments - 1) UVSTAR (Ultraviolet Spectrograph Telescope for Astronomical Reasearch) and 2) SEH (Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker. IEH-1 MPESS also carries CONCAP-IV-3, utilizing a Hitchhiker Jr. (1st flight) and Shuttle Glow Experiment GLO-3 |
| EVA-1 - 16 September | Duration - 6 hours, 46 minutes | To demonstrate and evaluate hardware and techniques for Station Alpha | Voss and Gernhardt (Both 1st EVA's) |
| Payload Bay | ITEPC (Inter-Mars Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter) |
| Mid-deck | STL/NIH-C-4, CGBA-7, BRIC-Blk II-6, CMIX-4, APE-B, EPICS (Electrolysis Performance Improvement Concept Study) |
| SSME's: | 2035 (1) - 2nd use, 2109 (2) - 15th use, 2029 (3) - 12th use. 104% at tower clear |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-04/109 - Pod 17th use, Motor 14th use & RP-05/116 - Pod & Motor both 7th use |
| ET: | ET-72 (LWT-65) |
| SRB's: | BI-074 (RSRM-48) - Set successfully recovered. |
| 15 March 1995 | ET-72 arrives on dock KSC |
| 28 March 1995 | OV-105 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-68/STS-67 |
| 24 May 1995 | Spartan-204 installed while in the OPF |
| 31 May 1995 | ET-72/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-1 |
| 28 June 1995 | OV-105 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay for stacking the next day |
| 5 July 1995 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A. First motion at 11:30 pm |
| 12 July 1995 | WSF-2, CAPL/IEH installed into the payload bay while on the pad |
| 20 July 1995 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 1 August 1995 | Stack rollback to VAB HB-1 due to approach of Hurrican Erin, 1st motion - 12:45 pm, hard down 6 pm |
| 8 August 1995 | Stack rollbadck to Pad 39A, after the pass of Hurrican Erin, 1st motion - 1:55 am, hard down 8:30 am |
| 4 September 1995 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 4:30 pm EDT. Astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 7 September 1995 | Launch |
| 18 September 1995 | Landing, returning to OPF-3 that same day |