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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Kenneth D. Bowersox |
| Plt - Kent V. Rominger | |
| MS 1 - Catherine G. Coleman (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Kathryn C. Thornton (PLC) | |
| PS 1 - Frederick W. Leslie | |
| PS 2 - Albert Sacco | |
| Launch | 20 October 1995 @ 0953:00 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 39.01 |
| Max alt: | 278.4 km. |
| Orbits: | 255 |
| Dur: | 15:21:52:21 |
| Landing: | 5 November 1995 @ 0645:21 EST |
| Launch Window: | 3 hours, 40 minutes (9:50 am - 1:30 pm) - limited to 2 hr., 30 min. 'crew on back' constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir, Morocco (Alternates: Moron and Zaragoza, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF |
| Landing Speed: | 213 knots (244 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 9,117' from main gear touchdown (2,500' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,521,539 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 257,162 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 230,164 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 33,622 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | Same |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, 9 Laptops, 4 Standard PLB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-24 Software (4th flight), Sleep Stations - Berths, Cycle Ergometer, Regen. CO2 Removal System, and no RMS |
| USML-2 - Long Module, Unit #1 (12th use of SL Long Module) | 18 Experiments: CGF, DPM, STDCE, GBX, SAMS, 3-DMA, also GFFC (Geophysical Fluid Flow Cell Experiment), STABLE (Suppression of Transient Accelerations By Levitation Evaluation) incorporating CHUCK. Mass - 22,726 lbs. |
| EDO Pallet | Extended Duration Orbiter. 6th use. Mass - 3,597 lbs |
| Payload Bay | OARE & ITEPC |
| Mid-deck | ZCG, CPCG (CRIM), CGBA (I&PU), ASC, APCF and SPCG (STES) - while carried in the Mid-deck, they were integral to USML-2 operations (not independent). Also carried: High-Packed Digital TV System (6 simultaneous TV downlink channels) |
| SSME's: | 2037 (1) - 1st use, 2031 (2) - 13th use, 2038 (3) - 1st use. 104% at tower clear |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-05/115 - Pod & Motor both 7th use & RP-01/101 - Pod 23rd use, Motor 11th use |
| ET: | ET-73 (LWT-66) |
| SRB's: | BI-075 (RSRM-50) - Set successfully recovered. Note: Beginning with this flight each SRB retains one of its three main chutes, this is to provide floatation stability for the SRB after several incidents of splashdown damage. |
| 11 April 1995 | ET-73 arrives on dock KSC |
| 15 April 1995 | OV-102 returns to OPF-2 from Palmdale, via Ellington Field, following scheduled OMDP, post STS-65 (Columbia left for Palmdale on 7 October 1994. Arriving 11 October via Huntsville, Ellington Field and Biggs AAF) |
| 21 April 1995 | OV-102 transferred from OPF-2 to OPF-3 to begin mission processing |
| 10 July 1995 | USML-2 payload installed into the orbiter while in the OPF |
| August 1995 | ET-73/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 8 August 1995 | Originally installed Engine 2039 was found to be unacdceptable for flight and was replaced with an engine for use on STS-74, Engine 2031. This flight was to have three new Block I engines. |
| 21 August 1995 | OV-102 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay for stacking the same day |
| 28 August 1995 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 12 September 1995 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 11 October 1995 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 4:00 am EDT. Astronaut arrival KSC, crew stayed thru delays |
| 20 October 1995 | Launch |
| 5 November 1995 | Landing at KSC. Retuned to OPF-2 that same day |