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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Kenneth D. Cameron |
| Plt - James D. Halsell | |
| MS 1 - Chris A. Hadfield | |
| MS 2 - Jerry L. Ross (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - William S. McArthur (EV 2) | |
| Launch | 12 November 1995 @ 0730:43 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 51.64 |
| Max alt: | 395.9 km. |
| Orbits: | 129 |
| Dur: | 8:04:30:44 |
| Landing: | 20 November 1995 @ 1201:27 EST |
| Launch Window: | 10 minutes, 9 seconds (7:30:43 - 7:40:52 am EST) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | KSC (Alternate: WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF |
| Landing Speed: | 199 knots (229 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,691' from main gear touchdown (2,471' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,512,395 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 248,266 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 202,951 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 14,064 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 4,049 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS 8 Laptops, 7 CCD PLB Cameras (plus 3 for Berthing/Docking), 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-24 software (5th flight), Electronic Still Cameras, Cycle Ergometer, ODS Control Panel, Water & Food Containers for Mir, Russian URC-200 Radio set, Magnum Spotlight, Sleep Stations and Bags, Paload Bay Liner, TCS with Hand-held Lase Range Finders and RMS-301. Also - 2,132 lbs of cargo delivered to Mir. |
| Orbiter Docking System (ODS) | Utilizing the Androgynous Peripheral Attachment System (APAS) - mass: 4,016 lbs. ODS system also serves as the crew's airlock. |
| Docking Module (Russian built) - 1995-061B | With attached Mir Cooperative Solar Array and all-Russian Reusable Solar Array (Kristall type array). The DM is a 15' long x 7' wide cylinder with twin APAS units mounted on each end. Mass - 9,011 lbs. The DM was placed on the ODS (via RMS), pressurized and checked out by crewmen then docked to the forward end of Kristall/Mir where it has been permanently berthed. Note: DM becomes the first Soviet/Russian payload to be launched by another nation. |
| Payload Bay | IMAX ICBC, GLO-4/PASDE (Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment). Payload - GPP & ITEPC |
| Mid-deck | SAREX-II - 19th flight (Call signs: Cameron- KB5AWP, Ross - N5SCW, McArthur - KC4ACR, Hadfield - VA3OOG, and Halsell - license pending) & TEPC |
| Docking: | 0127 EST, 15 November | Hatch open - 0400 EST |
| Undocking: | Hatch close - 1230 EST, 17 November | 0315 EST, 18 November |
| SSME's: | 2012 (1) - 17th use, 2026 (2) - 5th use, 2032 (3) - 4th use. 104% at tower clear |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 19th use, Motor 17th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 15th use, Motor 19th use |
| ET: | ET-74 (LWT-67) |
| SRB's: | BI-076 (RSRM-51) - Set successfully recovered. |
| 6 June 1995 | ET-74 arrives on dock KSC |
| 7 July 1995 | OV-104 returns to OPF-2 following Mission-69/STS-71 |
| 8 September 1995 | ODS installed while in th eOPF (Docking Module Payload installed 11 September) |
| 12 September 1995 | ET-74/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-1 |
| 2 October 1995 | OV-104 rollover from OPF-2 to the VAB High Bay for stacking the same day |
| 12 October 1995 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 18 October 1995 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 8 November 1995 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 7:00 am EST, and astronaut arrival at KSC, in NASA Gulfstream Jet rather than standard T-38's |
| 12 November 1995 | Launch |
| 15 - 18 November 1995 | Atlantis docks to the Mir space station for 3 days of joint activities |
| 20 November 1995 | Landing at KSC. Returned to OPF-1 that same day. |